Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . esearch in the field of chem-istry, and before taking his degree had distinguishedhimself by a dissertation on the compounds of cy-anogen which won for him a gold medal. Dr. Elletwas called to Columbia in 1S30 as Lecturer onElementary Chemistry, and two years later wasmade Professor of that branch. In 1835 he leftColumbia to take the Chair of Chemistry, Min-eralogy and Geology in South Carolina College,where he rem
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . esearch in the field of chem-istry, and before taking his degree had distinguishedhimself by a dissertation on the compounds of cy-anogen which won for him a gold medal. Dr. Elletwas called to Columbia in 1S30 as Lecturer onElementary Chemistry, and two years later wasmade Professor of that branch. In 1835 he leftColumbia to take the Chair of Chemistry, Min-eralogy and Geology in South Carolina College,where he remained thirteen years. \\hile in SouthCarolina he discovered a new and cheap methodof preparing gun-cotton, for which the Legislatureof that state presented him a service of silver. Hereturned to New York in 1848, engaging there inthe business of consulting chemist, in which capacityhe was employed by the Manhattan Gas Companyfrom 1854 until his death. In 1835, Dr. Ellet mar-ried Elizabeth Fries Lummis, who survived himnearly twenty years and is known as a prolific authorand contributor to the periodical literature of thatday. Dr. Ellet died in New York City, January 26, BIEN entered the Law School of Columbia, graduating asBachelor of Laws in 1874. He was admitted tothe New York Bar in that year, and has since con-tinued in active practice, botli in the State andFederal Courts. He is counsel for many large andimportant corporations in this antl other comitries ;has been chairman and commissioner of many im-portant condemnation proceedings for securingproperty for public purposes in the City of NewYork, and has been retained on one side or theother in very many of the principal litigations of thelast quarter century. Mr. Bien was the author, andwas instrumental in procuring the passage by theLegislature, of a bill remedying some serious defectsin the equity law of the state ; he also revised the 26o UNIFERSiriES AND THEIR SONS Code of Civil Procedure in accordanc
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