Ira Remsen
American chemist (1846–1927)
Biography
Ira Remsen was born in New York City in 1846 and died in 1927. A chemist who trained at German universities, he brought organic chemistry research and teaching methods from those institutions to the United States. At Johns Hopkins University, he served as the first professor of chemistry and second president. He founded the American Chemical Journal and edited it from 1879 to 1914. Constantine Fahlberg, working in Remsen's laboratory, made the discovery of saccharin; Fahlberg patented the synthesis alone, which provoked Remsen's anger.
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Ira Remsen is recorded as a university teacher and a chemist, born in New York (1846–1927).
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