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"James Howard Eaton"

JAMES HOWARD EATON, Ph.D., [Andover], son of James Stewart and Louisa (HOWARD)
EATON, was born in Colchester, Ct., June 21, 1842; fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover. University of Göttingen, Ger., '65-'67; Ph.D., Göttingen, 1867; instructor in Chemistry, Amherst Coll., '67-'68; Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science, Beloit Coll., '68-'73 ; Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Beloit Coll., '73-'77. Author of a pamphlet on "Metric System of Weights and Measures," and " Elements of Qualitative Analysis." Died at Beloit, Wis., Jan. 5, 1877. Married, Jan. 25, 1873, Abbie Clark, dau. of John Proctor FISK, of Beloit, Wis. One child. [Alumnus of Amherst College, 1865]
 
[Taken from "Biographical Record of the Alumni of Amherst College During Its First Half Century, 1821-1871" edited by W. L. Montague; (c)1883 J. E. Williams, Amherst, MA, p. 401]

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