New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . 88 came from theRhine provinces of the Palatinate to New York. Onhis mothers side he is a grandson of Adam Shields,born in Belfast, Ireland, whence he came to NewYork in 1816. He is a great-nephew of WilliamShields, one of the prominent leaders of the Irish peo-ple in their last effort to throw off the English Myerss father was a farmer, also being engagedin the lumbering business. Born and reared upon a farm, Mr. Myers receivedhis early education in the district schools of his neigh-borhood, and after his fathers d
New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . 88 came from theRhine provinces of the Palatinate to New York. Onhis mothers side he is a grandson of Adam Shields,born in Belfast, Ireland, whence he came to NewYork in 1816. He is a great-nephew of WilliamShields, one of the prominent leaders of the Irish peo-ple in their last effort to throw off the English Myerss father was a farmer, also being engagedin the lumbering business. Born and reared upon a farm, Mr. Myers receivedhis early education in the district schools of his neigh-borhood, and after his fathers death successfullymanaged the affairs of the homestead. He enteredthe Albany Boys Academy in 1881, and was gradu-ated from that institution in 1885. His collegiatestudies were pursued at Rutgers College, where hewas graduated as bachelor of science in 1889, subse-quently (1894) receiving the degree of master ofscience. In 1888 and 1889, while at college, heserved as assistant chemist of the New Jersey Ex-periment Station. After his graduation he was married and went. WILLIAM S. MYERS ONY AND AS A STATE 155 abroad, pursuing further professional studies inMunich, Berlin and London, under Hofmann andRamsay. Upon his return to the United States(1892) he accepted an offer from the Lister Agri-cultural Chemical Works of Newark, and for oneyear held the position of chemist with that concern. In 1893^ he removed to New Brunswick, where hehas since resided. He was appointed instructor andlater associate professor of chemistry in Rutgers Col-lege and the New Jersey State Agricultural College(1893-1901). He was also chemist of the New Jer-sey Geological Survey, in which connection he madevaluable reports on the water supplies of the State;and at various times he was engaged as an expert bymanufacturers and brickmakers, and by the New Jer-sey State Road Commission. Since 1901 he has oc-cupied the position of director of the Nitrate Propa-ganada for the United States and Colonies. Mr. Myers
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