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Wilder Dwight Bancroft
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Wilder Dwight Bancroft was an American chemist and university teacher specializing in physical chemistry. Born in Middletown in 1867, he was educated at Harvard University and Leipzig University. His academic career included teaching positions at Harvard University and Cornell University.
Bancroft received his doctoral education under advisors Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff and Wilhelm Ostwald. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and received the award of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in Ithaca in 1953.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Middletown
- Place of death
- Ithaca
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
- Employer
- Cornell University
- Doctoral advisor
- Wilhelm Ostwald
- Field of work
- physical chemistry
- Image
- WP Wilder Dwight Bancroft.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1867-10-01
- date of death
- 1953-02-07
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
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- Wilder Dwight Bancroft
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