Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . he was professor of chemistry in the College of Xavier in New York city, and from 1869till 1886 chemist to the Onondaga salt reservationand the salt companies of Onondaga. In 1886 hebecame chemist to the Genesee salt company, andi- one of the experts for the State board of health,having special charge of the examination of allwine-, beers, and liquors. In 1864 he received thedegree of Ph. I), from St. Francis Xavier. Hiscontributions to chemical literature have beenlarge, but are mostly in the form of technical re-port- bearing on his sp
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . he was professor of chemistry in the College of Xavier in New York city, and from 1869till 1886 chemist to the Onondaga salt reservationand the salt companies of Onondaga. In 1886 hebecame chemist to the Genesee salt company, andi- one of the experts for the State board of health,having special charge of the examination of allwine-, beers, and liquors. In 1864 he received thedegree of Ph. I), from St. Francis Xavier. Hiscontributions to chemical literature have beenlarge, but are mostly in the form of technical re-port- bearing on his special work. ENGELMANN, George, botanist, b. in Frank-fort-on-the-Main, Germany, 2 Feb., 180!); d. in , 11 Feb., 1884. His uncle, FriedrichTheodor, a German pioneer of Illinois, was one ofthe early .American viticulturists. He received hisearly education at the gymnasium in Frankfort, andstudied the sciences in the University of Heidel-berg, where he met Karl Schimper and AlexanderBraun. Later he was connected with the University. of Berlin, and received in 1831 the degree of M. the University of Wurzburg. In 1832 hewent to Paris, where he again became associatedwith Braun, and also with Louis Agassiz. Mean-while he was induced to come to the United States,and in September. 1832, sailed from Bremen forBaltimore. He settled in St. Clair county, nearBelleville, 111., but three years later removed toSt. Louis, wherehe soon becameprominent as aphysician. In 1836he founded a Ger-man newspapercalled Has West-land, which con-tained valuablearticles on life andmanners in theUnited States, andgained a high rep-utation both hereand in Engelmannmade a specialtyof botany, and ob-tained a wide rec-ognition for his services in that branch of naturalhistory. He made special studies of the cacti, dod-ders, pmes, rushes, spurges, and other little-knownand difficult groups, contributing numerous articleson them to the St. Louis academy of sciences, to theAmerican a
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