Person Mallet; John William (1832 - 1912); chemist and civil engineer Mallet John William chemist and civil engineer 1832 - 1912 British Male Near Dublin, Ireland 10 October 1832 18321010 Virginia, USA 07/11/1912 19121107

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, US (1875)

Chemist Applied chemistry Mineralogy Chemistry Education: Trinity College, Dublin (1853); Gottingen. PhD (Gottingen); MD; LLD causa honoris Career: Chemist to the Geological Survey of Alabama, US; Professor of Chemistry, University of Alabama (1856); enlisted in the American Civil War as a private in a troop of Confederate Cavalry (1861); transferred to the artillery (1862); becam lieutenant colonel (1865); superintendent of the ordnance laboratories of the Southern States; professor of chemistry in University of Louisiana medical department; Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia (1868); lectured at John Hopkins University (1877-1878); professor of chemistry and physics (1883-84); briefly professor of chemistry at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia (1885); returned to the University of Virginia (1885); appointed professor emeritus (1908). Memberships: FCS RSA College of Physicians of Philadelphia Medical Society of Virginia American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Association for the Advancement of Science American Chemical Society (President 1882) Société Chimique de France German Chemical Society American Philosophical Society Parents: Robert Mallet (FRS 1854) Mallet devised methods for the determination of organic matter in portable water and characterised meteorites and rare terrestrial minerals; particularly, the occurrence of silver in the ash of South America volcanoes. He accurately determined the density of solid mercury, molecular weight of hydrofluoric acid and the atomic weights of lithium (1856), aluminium (1880) and gold. Mallet also served as expert witness in many court cases involving poisoning, value of iron ore, pollution of river water and other chemical questions. Fellow 07/06/1877 45 William Crookes; August Wilhelm von Hofmann; Josh Prestwich; Humphrey Lloyd; Edward Hull; George Salmon; Robert Stawell Ball; James Apjohn; William Odling; Thomas Romney Robinson; Samuel Haughton; Robert Mallet; Richard Townsend; Warington Wilkinson Smyth Thomas Oldham; Robert Hnry Scott; John Tyndall; John Hall Gladstone; Edward Frankland; Robert Hunt; Edward William Cooke; Mervin Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DAB References: G Ferrari and A McConnell, 'Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan earthquake' of 1857 in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 45-64 Notes: Note in Usual place of Residence of election certificate: 'now and always a British subject' International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Mallet%2C+John+William RCN 54242 RCN 18077 10 Oct 1832 - 7 Nov 1912 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 27/02/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6467 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 27/02/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/10603842 2ea2c987-4f5e-4477-a716-9592276470ef