Charles Baskerville
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| Born | July 18, 1870 Deerbrook, Mississippi,[1] United States |
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| Nationality | American |
| Fields | chemistry |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina |
| Known for | claimed discovery of carolinium and berzelium |
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| Position | Fullback |
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| College | North Carolina (1892) |
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Charles Baskerville was an American chemist. He announced the discovery of two new elements which claimed to have separated from thorium.[2] Carolinium and berzelium later were identified to be identical with thorium.[3]
Life
Baskerville was born June 6, 1870, in Noxubee County, Mississippi. He studied chemistry at the University of Mississippi in 1886 and 1887 and graduated at from the University of Virginia. Later he studied at the Vanderbilt University, the University of Berlin and the University of North Carolina, where he received his B.S. degree in 1892 and Ph.D. in 1894. He became professor at the University of North Carolina and moved to the College of the City of New York in 1904, where he stayed until his death in 1922. He was survived by his wife, son and daughter.[4]
Over his career, Baskerville published 190 papers, 8 books, and 16 patents. He was one of the most constant attendants on the meetings of the American Chemical Society, also a Fellow of the London Chemical Society, member of the Society of Chemical Industry, of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Electrochemical Society, the Washington and New York Academies of Science, the Franklin Institute, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4]
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External links
- Prof. Baskerville Dies of Pneumonia; Director at City College Had Done Notable Research Work in Industrial Chemistry January 30, 1922, Monday
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- 1870 births
- 1922 deaths
- American chemists
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
- City College of New York faculty
- American football fullbacks
- North Carolina Tar Heels football players
- 19th-century players of American football
