Emil Alexander de Schweinitz

Emil Alexander de Schweinitz (January 18, 1866 – February 15, 1904)

Early life and education He was born in Salem, North Carolina, and was the son of Moravian Bishop Emil de Schweinitz. He attended Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and received a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1882 and another from Göttingen in 1886.

Career After returning to the United States, he taught chemistry in Tufts College, Massachusetts, and then became a professor of chemistry at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky.

Personal life He lived at 1023 Vermont Avenue, in Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the Chevy, Cosmos, and Metropolitan Clubs.

Death He died suddenly of uremia in 1904 at age 38.

Works A Chemical Study of the Osage Orange as a Substitute for the Mulberry in rearing Silkworms (1889) The Poisons produced by the Hog Cholera Germ (1890) The Production of Immunity to Swine Plague by Use of the Products of the Germ (1891) The Use of Mallein and its Active Principles (1892) A Preliminary Study of the Poisons of the Tuberculosis Bacillus and the Practical Value and Use of Tuberculin (1892) Artificial Media for Bacterial Cultures (1893) The Effect of Tuberculin on the Milk of Cows (1894) The Chemical Composition of the Tuberculosis and Glanders Bacilli (1895) A Hygienic Study of Oleomargarine (1896) The War with the Microbes (1897)