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Jerome Alexander

1876 – 1959

American chemist

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Lived 1876 – 1959 (aged 82–83). Jerome Alexander was an American chemist, chemical technologist, engineer and scientist.

Jerome Alexander (1876–1959) was an American chemist, a leading expert on colloidal chemistry and among the first American researchers to use an ultramicroscope.

Life Alexander was born in New York City on 21 December 1876 and studied at the College of the City of New York, graduating Master of Science in 1899. After working for a number of companies, in 1921 he set up independently as a consulting chemist and chemical engineer.

Alexander died on 18 January 1959. The archive of his correspondence is held by the New York Public Library.

Publications As author Books Colloid Chemistry: An Introduction, with Some Practical Applications (1919) with others, Colloid Chemistry, Theoretical and Applied (1926)

Articles "Glue and Gelatin" and "Colloid Chemistry" in Roger's Industrial Chemistry (1912) "Albuminoids or Scleroproteins" in Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis (1913) "Colloid Chemistry" in Liddell's Handbook for Chemical Engineers (1920)

As translator Richard Zsigmondy, Colloids and the Ultramicroscope (1909)

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Born
1876, New York City
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Died
1959, New York City
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American chemist (1876–1959)

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Jerome Alexander was born in 1876 in New York City.

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Jerome Alexander died in 1959 in New York City.

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Jerome Alexander was a chemist, chemical technologist, engineer and scientist.

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Jerome Alexander was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jerome Alexander

· Wikidata: Q3807992

· DBpedia: Jerome Alexander (chemist)

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