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Fackler, John Paul Jr
[Kanatzidis]
- We (after McCarty) show: J. D. Fackler (1934-____) ( ) Cotton
- Mainz does not include Fackler
- DisAbs shows: Fackler, John Paul, Jr.|PhD|1960|Mass Institute of Technology|
Chemistry, Organic|(title)|
- Mathematics does not include: Fackler
- NDSU does not include Fackler
- UConn does not include Fackler
- YorkU does not include Fackler
Display: John Paul Fackler, Jr (1934-____) (PhD 1960, MIT)
[preceptor: Frank Albert Cotton]
Fairley, James Lafayette Jr
[Fairley]
- We (after McCarty) show: James L Fairley Jr (1920-____) (PhD 1950, Stanford)
(MSU ____-____) (none)
- Mainz does not include Fairley
- DisAbs shows: Fairley, James L., Jr.|PhD|1950|Stanford U|
Biochemistry|(title: SOME PREPARATIVE, ANALYTICAL, AND METABOLIC ASPECTS OF
RIBONUCLEIC ACID)|
- Mathematics does not include: Fairley
- MSU employment records show: Fairley, James L. Jr MSU employment
9/1/52-1/1/87; deceased? (no information)
- NDSU does not include Fairley
- SciFinder shows over 40 publications. Co-authors are Hubert S. Loring (1949, 4x1952),
H. L. Seagran (4x1952), Harry W. Bortner (2x1952). Loring's PhD was 1934, Illinois.
Bortner's PhD was 1952, Stanford. Seagran not listed in DisAbs. Loring looks
likely as Fairley's preceptor.
- Stanford library catalog lists Fairley's thesis as:
Author: Fairley, James Lafayette.
Title: Some preparative, analytical, and metabolic aspects of ribonucleic acid.
Imprint: [Stanford, Calif.] 1949.
Physical Description: iii, 92 leaves. tables, diagrs.
Notes: Thesis (Ph.D.) - Stanford University, 1949.
Notes: Bibliography: leaves 88-92.
Subject (Other): Biochemistry,
Local author: Loring, Hubert S., advisor.
- UConn does not include Fairley
- YorkU does not include Fairley
Display: James Lafayette Fairley, Jr (1920-____) (PhD - Biochem 1950, Stanford) (MSU 1952-1987)
[preceptor: Hubert S. Loring]
Fajans, Kasimir
[Horne]
- McCarty (1969) shows: K. Fajans|1887- |G. Bredig
- We (after McCarty) show: K. Fajans (1887-____) ( ) Bredig
- Mainz does not include Fajans
- Abbott shows: Fajans, Kasimir (1887-1975) ... He was educated at Leipzig,
Heidelberg (where he gained his PhD in 1909) ..."
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fajans
- Mathematics does not include: Fajans
- NDSU does not include Fajans
- UConn does not include Fajans
- YorkU shows: Fajans, Kasimir|Georg Bredig|1909|Heidelberg
Display: Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) (PhD 1909, Heidelberg)
[preceptor: Georg Bredig]
Farnum, Donald George
[Farnum]
- McCarty (1969) shows: Farnum|Harvard|P. Yates
- We (after McCarty) show: Donald G Farnum (1934-____) (PhD 1959, Harvard)
(MSU 1966-1993) Yates
- Mainz does not include Farnum
- DisAbs shows: Farnum, Donald George|PhD|1959|Harvard U|
Chemistry, General|(title)|
- Mathematics does not include: Farnum, D
- NDSU does not include Farnum
- UConn does not include Farnum
- YorkU does not include Farnum
Display: Donald George Farnum (1934-____) (PhD 1959, Harvard) (MSU 1966-1993)
[preceptor: Peter Yates]
Faulk, Charles W
[Blanchard, Ledford]
- We (after McCarty) show: C. W. Faulk (____-____) ( ) Ostwald
- Mainz does not include Faulk
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Faulk, Charles
- Mathematics does not include: Faulk
- NDSU does not include Faulk
- UConn does not include Faulk
- YorkU does not include Faulk
Display: Charles W Faulk (____-____) ( 1890, Leipzig)
[preceptor: Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald]
Fay, Robert Clinton
[Pinnavaia]
- McCarty (1969) shows: R. Fay|1936- |T. S. Piper
- We (after McCarty) show: R. Fay (1936-____) ( ) Piper
- Mainz shows: Fay, Robert Clinton|1936- |PhD|1962|Illinois|Piper
- DisAbs shows: Fay, Robert Clinton|PhD|1962|U Illinois|
Chemistry, Inorganic|(title)|
- Mathematics does not include: our Fay, Robert
- NDSU does not include Fay
- UConn does not include Fay
- YorkU does not include Fay
Display: Robert Clinton Fay (1936-____) (PhD 1962, Illinois)
[preceptor: Theron Standish Piper]
Feig, Michael
[Feig]
- personal webpage [http://www.bch.msu.edu/faculty/feig.html] shows:
MS 1994 Technical University of Berlin; PhD 1999 U of Houston
- personal conversation with DL Ward stated that his PhD was under
Bernard Montgomery Pettitt at U of Houston in 1999, and that
Pettitt also received his PhD at U Houston.
- DisAbs shows: Feig, Michael|PhD|1999|U Houston|Chemistry, Physical|
(title)|
Display: Michael Feig ( - ) (PhD 1999, Houston)
[preceptor: Bernard Montgomery Pettitt]
Ferguson, John
[Tulinsky]
- McCarty (1969) shows: J. Ferguson|1837-1916|T. Anderson
- We (after McCarty) show: J. Ferguson (1837-1916) ( ) Anderson
- Mainz does not include Ferguson
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Ferguson, John
- Mathematics does not include: Ferguson, J
- NDSU does not include Ferguson
- OpenU shows: Ferguson, John|1837-1916|MA|1862|Glasgow|
worked with: Thompson (Ld Kelvin)
- UConn does not include Ferguson
- YorkU does not include Ferguson
question: preceptor? Thompson or Anderson?
discussion:
choice:
Display: John Ferguson (1837-1916) (MA 1862, Glasgow)
[preceptor: ]
Fernelius, William Conard
[Hamilton]
- We (after McCarty) show: (nothing - Fernelius not included)
- Mainz does not include Fernelius
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: auth=fernelius
NOTE: did find a possible younger relative: Nils Conard Fernelius, PhD 1966
- Mathematics does not include: Fernelius
- NDSU does not include Fernelius
- UConn does not include Fernelius
- USF shows: W. Conard Fernelius|Stanford|1928|Bergstrom
- YorkU does not include Fernelius
Display: William Conard Fernelius (1905-____) ( 1928, Stanford)
[preceptor: Francis William Bergstrom]
Ferrner, Bengt
[Baker, Borhan, Brubaker, Byerrum, Cukier, Draths, Dunbar, Frost, Gansow,
Gennick, Grubbs, Guile, Hamilton, Hoeschele, Huston, Karabatsos,
Kissinger, LeGoff, Mantica, McCarty, McHarris, Nicholson, Spees, Stille,
Stone, Swain, Wulff]
Display: Bengt Ferrner (1724-1802) ((none) 1751, Uppsala)
[preceptor: ]
Fischer, Emil Hermann
** [?]
- We (after McCarty) show: (nothing - Fischer not included)
- Mainz shows: Fischer, Emil Hermann|1852-1919|PhD|1874|Strasbourg|Baeyer
- Abbott shows: "Fischer, Emil (1852-1919) ... to Strasbourg and graduated from
the university there in 1874 with a doctoral thesis which was supervised by
Johann von Baeyer."
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fischer, Emil
- Mathematics does not include: our Fischer, Emil
- NDSU shows: Emil Hermann Fischer|PhD|Strasbourg|1874|Baeyer
- UConn shows: Fischer, Emil (1852-1919; Germany) [Strasbourg; with Baeyer]
- YorkU shows: Fischer, Emikl Hermann|Adolf Baeyer|1874|Strasbourg
Fisher, Peter Stevens
[Scott]
- We (after McCarty) show: (nothing - Fisher not included)
- Mainz does not include Fisher
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index shows: "Fisher, Peter Stevens (1933-)"
and 1 citation.
** - DisAbs
- Mathematics does not include: Fisher
- NDSU does not include: Fisher
- UConn does not include: Fisher
- YorkU does not include: Fisher
Display: Peter Stevens Fisher (1933-____) ( ____, )
[preceptor: William Ernest Burcham]
Fittig, Wilhelm Rudolph
[Baker, Borhan, Brubaker, Draths, Frost, Gennick, Grubbs, Guile, Hamilton,
Hoeschele, Huston, Karabatsos, LeGoff, Stille, Wulff]
- McCarty (1969) shows: R. Fittig|1835-1910|F. Wohler
- We (after McCarty) show: R. Fittig (1835-1910) ( ) Wohler
- Mainz shows: Fittig, Wilhelm Rudolph|1835-1910|PhD|1858|Gottingen|Limpricht
- Davidson shows: Rudolph Fittig|Gottingen|1858|Wohler
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fittig
- Mathematics does not include: Fittig
- NDSU shows: Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig|PhD|Gottingen|1858|Limpricht
- NotreD shows: Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig||Gottingen|1858|Heinrich Franz Peter
Limpricht
- UConn shows: Fittig, Rudolph (1835-1919; Germany) [Gottingen; ]
- UMass shows: Fittig, Wilhelm Rudolph|Gottingen|1858|Limpricht
- USF shows: R. Fittig|Gottingen|1858|Wohler
- YorkU shows: Fittig, Rudolph|Heinrich Limpricht|1858|Gottingen
question: preceptor? Wohler or Limpricht?
discussion:
choice: Limpricht
Display: Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1835-1910) (PhD 1858, Gottingen)
[preceptor: Heinrich Franz Peter Limpricht]
Fletcher, Walter Morley
[K Hunt, P Hunt]
- We (after McCarty) show: (nothing - Fletcher not included)
- Mainz shows: Fletcher, Walter Morley|1873-1933|MA|1898|Cambridge|Langley
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fletcher, Walter
- Mathematics shows: Walter M. Fletcher|PhD|Cambridge|1868|(unknown)|Archibald
Hill [** this date is inconsistent with birthdate]
- NDSU shows: Walter Morley Fletcher|MD|Cambridge|1898|Langley
- UConn does not include Fletcher
- YorkU does not include Fletcher
Display: Walter Morley Fletcher (1873-1933) (MA 1898, Cambridge)
[preceptor: John Newport Langley]
Floss, Heinz Guenter
[Walker]
- personal web page at U Washington
(http://depts. washington.edu/chemfac/floss.html) shows:
Bioorganic and Organic, PhD, Technical University Munich, 1961
- our web page for 1997 Warner-Lambert Lectureship, in the biography
provided by Prof. Floss, shows:
born August 28, 1934 in Berlin, Germany; PhD, 1961, Technische
Universitat in Munich under the direction of F. Weygand.
- "Publications before 1970" web page at U Washington
(http://faculty.washington.edu/~hgf/publications/old.html) shows:
oldest 7 (and 9 of the oldest 12) were co-authored with F. Weygand.
Display: Heinz Guenter Floss (1934- ) (PhD 1961, Munich)
[preceptor: Friedrich Weygand]
Forbes, George Shannon
[Crouch]
- We (after McCarty) show: (nothing - Forbes not included)
- Stein found [in genealogy box; unverified] that Forbes' preceptor was
Richards
- Mainz shows: Forbes, George Shannon|1882-1979|PhD|1905|Harvard|Richards
- DisAbs shows: Forbes, George Shannon|PhD|1905|Harvard U|
Chemistry, General|(title)|
- Mathematics does not include: Forbes, G
- NDSU shows: George Shannon Forbes|PhD|Harvard|1905|Richards
- UConn does not include Forbes
- UMass shows: Forbes, George Shannon|Harvard|1905|Richards
- YorkU does not include Forbes
Display: George Shannon Forbes (1882-1979) (PhD 1905, Harvard)
[preceptor: Theodore William Richards]
Foster, Michael
[K Hunt, P Hunt]
- We (after McCarty) show: (nothing - Foster not included)
- Mainz shows: Foster, Michael|1836-1907|MD|1859|London Univ.|Sharpey
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Foster, Michael
- Mathematics does not include: our Foster, Michael
- NDSU shows: Michael Foster|MD|London Univ.|1859|Sharpey
- UConn does not include Foster
- YorkU does not include Foster
Display: Michael Foster (1836-1907) (MD 1859, London)
[preceptor: William Sharpey]
Fourcroy, Antoine Francois de
[Armstrong, Averill, Babcock, J J Broderick, Burow, Cohn, Coskran, Crouch,
Dutton, Dye, Enke, Hammer, Hart, Kanatzidis, Khan, Maleczka, McCracken,
Nocera, Odom, Pinnavaia, Popov, Reusch, Tepe, Timnick]
- McCarty (1969) shows: A/ F. de Fourcroy MEDICINE IN PARIS|1755-1809|(none)
- We (after McCarty) show: A. F. de Fourcroy 'MEDICINE IN PARIS' (1755-1809)
( ) (none)
- Mainz shows: Fourcroy, Antoine Francois de|1755-1809|MD|1780|Paris|Bucquet
- Davidson shows: A. F. de Fourcroy|Paris|1780|(none)
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fourcroy
- Mathematics does not include: Fourcroy
- NDSU shows: Antoine Francois de Fourcroy|MD|Paris|1780|Bucquet
- UConn does not include Fourcroy
- UMass shows: Fourcroy, Antoine Francois de|Paris|1780|(no preceptor listed)
- USF shows: A. F. de Fourcroy|Paris|1780|(none)
- YorkU does not include Fourcroy
Display: Antoine Francois de Fourcroy (1755-1809) (MD 1780, Paris)
[preceptor: Jean Baptiste Michel Bucquet]
Fowler, Ralph Howard
[K Hunt, P Hunt]
- We (after McCarty) show: R. H. Fowler (1889-1944) ( ) Hardy
- Mainz shows: Fowler, Ralph Howard|1889-1944|MA|11915|Cambridge|Hill, A.
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fowler, Ralph
- Mathematics shows: Ralph H. Fowler|PhD|Cambridge|1915|Archibald Hill|John
Lennard-Jones and 10 others
- NDSU shows: Ralph Howard Fowler|PhD|Cambridge|1915|A. V. Hill
- StAndrews shows: "Ralph Fowler, Born: 17 Jan 1889 in Fedsden, Roydon, Essex,
England; Died: 28 July 1944 in Cambridge, England"
NOTE: includes a quite long biography with his educational history
- UConn does not include Fowler
- YorkU does not include Fowler
Display: Ralph Howard Fowler (1889-1944) (MA 1915, Cambridge)
[preceptor: Archibald Vivian Hill]
Fowles, Gerald Wilfred Albert
[Dunbar]
- We (after McCarty) show: G. W. A. Fowles (1925-____) ( ) Pollard
- Mainz does not include Fowles
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index shows: "Fowles, Gerald Wilfred Albert (1925-)"
and 3 citations
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fowles
- Mathematics does not include: Fowles
- NDSU does not include Fowles
- UConn does not include Fowles
- YorkU does not include Fowles
Display: Gerald Wilfred Albert Fowles (1925-____) ( ____, )
[preceptor: F A Pollard]
Franchimont, Antoine Paul Nicolas
[Armstrong, Enke]
- McCarty (1969) shows: A. Franchimont|1844-1919|A. Wurtz
- We (after McCarty) show: A. Franchimont (1844-1919) ( ) Wurtz
- Mainz shows: Franchimont, Antoine Paul Nicolas|1844-1919|PhD|1871|Leiden|
Mesch
Mainz includes a "FOOTNOTE: After obtaining his PhD in Leiden, Franchimont
became Kekul?'s private assistant in Bonn. Franchimont's association
with Kekul? influenced his whole career."
- Davidson shows: A. Franchimont|Leyden|1871|Wurtz
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Franchimont
- Mathematics does not include: Franchimont
- NDSU shows: Antoine Paul Nicolas Franchimont|PhD|Leiden|1883|Mesch|
Wurtz/Kekul?
- OpenU shows: Franchimont, Antoine Paul|1844-1919|PhD|1871|Leiden U|
worked with: van der Boon Mesch
- UConn does not include Franchimont
- UMass shows: Franchimont, Antoine Paul Nicholas|Leiden|1871|Kekul?
- UTexas has preceptor as Kekul?
- YorkU does not include Franchimont
question: preceptor?Kekul? or Wurtz or Mesch?
discussion:
choice:
Display: Antoine Paul Nicolas Franchimont (1844-1919) (PhD 1871, Leiden)
[preceptor: ]
Frankland, Percy Faraday
[Dunbar]
- We (after McCarty) show: P. F. Frankland (1858-1946) ( ) Wislicenus
- Mainz does not include Frankland
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Frankland
- Mathematics does not include: Frankland
- NDSU does not include Frankland
- OpenU shows: Frankland, Percy Faraday|1858-1946|PhD|1881|W?rzburg University|
worked with: Wislicenus
- UConn does not include Frankland, Percy
- YorkU does not include Frankland
Display: Percy Faraday Frankland (1858-1946) (PhD 1881, W?rzburg)
[preceptor: Johannes Adolph Wislicenus]
Franklin, Edward Curtis
[Hamilton]
- We (after McCarty) show: (nothing - Franklin not included)
- Mainz does not include Franklin
- DisAbs shows: Franklin, Edward Curtis|PhD|1894|Johns Hopkins U|
Chemistry, General|(title)|
- Mathematics does not include: Franklin, E
- NDSU does not include Franklin
- Stanford Chemistry Department History 1891 to 1976 shows:
"Edward Curtis Franklin. B.S., M.S. U. of Kansas; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins,
D.Sc. Northwestern, D.Sc. Western Reserve, Ll.D. Wittenberg. Assistant,
Kansas 1891-94; Assoc. Prof. 1894-99; Professor 1899-1903; Professor,
Stanford 1902-29. Nichols Medalist 1926, Gibbs Medalist 1931; President,
ACS 1923, National Academy of Sciences. Born Geary City, Kansas, 3/1/62;
died Stanford 2/13/33."
- UConn does not include Franklin
- USF shows: E. C. Franklin|Johns Hopkins|1894|Remsen
- YorkU does not include Franklin
Display: Edward Curtis Franklin (1862-1937) (PhD 1894, Johns Hopkins)
[preceptor: Ira Remsen]
Fremy, Edmond
** [?]
- McCarty (1969) shows: E. Fremy|1814-1894|Gay-Lussac
- We (after McCarty) show: E. Fremy (1814-1894) ( ) Gay-Lussac
- Mainz shows: Fremy, Edmond|1814-1894|(none)|1835 ca.|Paris|
Gay-Lussac/Pelouze
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fremy
- Mathematics does not include: Fremy
- NDSU does not include Fremy
- OpenU does not include Fremy
- UConn does not include Fremy
- YorkU does not include Fremy
(need to decide on the ONE preceptor)
discussion:
choice:
display:
[preceptor: ]
Fresenius, K.
[Farnum]
- McCarty (1969) shows: K. Fresenius|1818-1897|J. Liebig
- We (after McCarty) show: K. Fresenius (1818-1897) ( ) Liebig
- Mainz does not include Fresenius
- DisAbs has no matching entry for: Fresenius
- Mathematics does not include: Fresenius
- NDSU does not include Fresenius
- UConn does not include Fresenius
- USF shows: C. R. Fresenius|Giessen|1852|Liebig
- YorkU does not include Fresenius
Display: K Fresenius (1818-1897) ( ____, )
[preceptor: Justus von Liebig]
Frost, Arthur Atwater
[Musulin]
- Mainz does not include Frost
- DisAbs shows: Frost, Arthur A|PhD|1934|Princeton U|
Chemistry, General|"The kinetics of the hydrogen-oxygen low pressure
explosion"|
- SciFinder shows first publication (1933) with same title as the thesis was
co-authored by Hubert N Alyea. It is likely that Alyea is Frost's PhD
preceptor.
- U Northern British Columbia's Library displays a page at URL:
http://library.unbc.ca/MARION/AAQ-9363
containing: Frost, Arthur Atwater, 1909- /Heading:/Frost, Arthur
Atwater, 1909- /Used for:/Frost, Arthur A. (Arthur Atwater), 1909- /
Source data found:
His Kinetics of the hydrogen-oxygen low pressure explosion ... 1934.
His Kinetics and mechanism, 1961: t.p. (Arthur A. Frost)
display: Arthur Atwater Frost (1909-____) (PhD 1934, Princeton)
[preceptor: Hubert Newcombe Alyea]
Frost, John Wesley
[Draths, Frost]
- We (after McCarty) show: John W Frost (1955-____) (PhD 1981, MIT) (MSU
____-____) Rastetter
- verified: John W Frost (1955-____) (PhD 1981, MIT) (MSU
1994-____) [preceptor: William Harry Rastetter]
- Mainz does not include Frost
- DisAbs shows: Frost, John Wesley|PhD|1981|Mass Institute of Technology|
Chemistry, Organic|(title)|
- Mathematics does not include: Frost, J
- NDSU does not include Frost
- UConn does not include Frost
- YorkU does not include Frost, John
Display: John Wesley Frost (1955-____) (PhD 1981, MIT) (MSU 1994-____)
[preceptor: William Harry Rastetter]
Funkhouser, John Gray
[Funkhouser]
- DisAbs shows: Funkhouser, John Gray|PhD|1966|U Hawaii|
Geology|"The determination of a series of ages of a Hawaiian volcano by the
potassium-argon method"|
Furman, Nathaniel Howell
[Kissinger, Stone, Swain]
- We (after McCarty) show: Furman (____-____) ( ) (none)
- Stein found [Kolthoff, I. M. J. Chem. Ed., 1967 44(6) 328-30.] that
Nathaniel Howell Furman received his doctorate from Princeton in 1918.
This reference also names his 26 PhD students.
- Mainz shows: Furman, Nathaniel Howell|1892-1965|PhD|1917|Princeton|McCay
- DisAbs shows: Furman, Nathaniel Howell|PhD|1917|Princeton U|
Chemistry, Inorganic|(title)|
- Mathematics does not include: Furman, N
- NDSU does not include Furman
- NotreD shows: Nathaniel Howell Furman||Princeton|1917|McCay
- Stanford Chemistry Department History 1891 to 1976 shows:
"Nathanial Howell Furman, B.S., Ph.D. Princeton. Instructor, Stanford
1917-19. Spent virtually all the remainder of his academic life as a member
of the Princeton Faculty."
- UConn does not include Furman
- YorkU does not include Furman
Display: Nathaniel Howell Furman (1892-1965) (PhD 1917, Princeton)
[preceptor: Leroy Wiley McCay]