Marston Taylor Bogert (April 18, 1868 – March 21, 1954) was an American chemist.
Marston T. Bogert | |
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![]() Bogert in a 1926 publication | |
Born | Marston Taylor Bogert April 18, 1868 Flushing, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 21, 1954 85) Islip, Long Island, New York, U.S. | (aged
Education | Flushing Institute |
Alma mater | Columbia University (AB) Columbia School of Mines (PhB) |
Awards | William H. Nichols Medal (1906) Priestley Medal (1938) Charles Frederick Chandler Medal (1949) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic Chemistry |
Notable students |
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He was born in Flushing, New York on April 18, 1868[1] and studied at the Flushing Institute.[2]
He entered Columbia College in New York in 1886 and graduated in 1890 with an A.B. degree. He then entered the new Columbia School of Mines and completed a Ph.B. degree in analytical and applied chemistry in 1894.[3][4] He stayed on to teach organic chemistry and in 1904 was appointed a full professor, retiring in 1939 as emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry in Residence.[1]
He was president of the American Chemical Society 1907-8[4] and president of the Society of Chemical Industry in 1912.[citation needed]
During the First World War, Bogert initially served as chief of the Technical & Consulting Section of the Chemical Industry Branch of the War Industries Board[5] before joining the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service.[6] He was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel on March 9, 1918, promoted to colonel on July 13, 1918 and honorably discharged from active duty on May 1, 1919.[3] After joining the U.S. Army, he continued to serve in the Chemical Warfare Section of the Chemical Division of the War Industries Board.[7]
- 1900: He was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[8]
- 1905: Awarded the William H. Nichols Medal[3][4]
- 1909: He was elected to the American Philosophical Society[9]
- 1909: Awarded an honorary LL.D. degree by Clark University[3][4]
- 1914: He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[10]
- 1916: He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[1]
- 1929: Awarded an honorary Sc.D. degree by Columbia University[11]
- 1936: Awarded the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal[12]
- 1938: Awarded the Priestley Medal by the American Chemical Society.[13]
- From 1938 to 1947, he was the president of IUPAC.[13]
- 1949: Awarded the Chandler Medal by Columbia University[4]
Bogert was the son of Henry A. Bogert and Mary B. (Lawrence) Bogert.[3]
On September 12, 1893, he married Charlotte E. Hoogland.[3][6]
A resident of Manhattan, Bogert died at a convalescent home in Islip on Long Island on March 21, 1954.[11][14]
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