Remsen
IRA, an American chemist; born in New York City, Feb. 10, 1846; was graduated at the College of the City of New York in 1865, and later College of Physicians and Surgeons, and University of Göttingen; was Professor of Chemistry at Williams College in 1872-1876; founded the "American Chemical Journal" in 1879. He was the author of numerous text-books including "The Principles of Theoretical Chemistry"; "Inorganic Chemistry"; "Chemical Experiments"; "Laboratory Manual," (1895) "The University Movement," (1915) etc., became Professor of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University in 1876, and succeeded Dr. Daniel Coit Gilman as president there in 1901.