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Tillman (SAMUEL ESCUE an American)

SAMUEL ESCUE, an American military officer; born near Shelbyville, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1847; was graduated at the United States Military Academy and commissioned 2d lieutenant of artillery in 1869; transferred to the Engineer Corps in 1872 as 1st lieutenant; served on frontier duty in Kansas in 1869-1870; was assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology in the Military Academy in 1870-1873 and 1879-1880; assistant Professor of Philosophy in 1875-1876; and Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology after 1880. He was assistant astronomer in the United States expedition to Tasmania to observe the transit of Venus in 1874- 1875; and author of "Essential Principles of Chemistry" (1884); "Elementary Mineralogy" (1894); "Descriptive General Chemistry" (1899); "Important Minerals and Rocks" (1900); etc.