oi-oanic chemistry, and the result was that his lecture room was 

 always filled, that the students waited with impatience for his 

 appearance, greeted his coming with applause, and noted his de- 

 parture with regret. 



Professor Chandler was born in Lancaster, Mass., on December 

 6th, 1836, at the residence of his grandfather. Nathaniel Chandler. 

 On his father's side he was descended from William Chandler, who 

 came to America from England in 1637 and located at Roxbury, 

 Mass. While yet a youngster. Professor Chandler attended lec- 

 tures on scientific s.ubjects. He entered the Lawrence Scientific 

 School of Harvard LTniversity in 1853. W^hile a student at Harvard 

 lie received instruction from Professors Agassiz and Hosford. 

 Later he went to Germany and studied under Professors Wohler, 

 a pupil ot Berzelius, and Weber at Gottingen University. Later 

 on he went to Berlin where he took a course in the University, 

 acting as private assistant to Professor Heinrich Rose, while study- 

 ing mineralogy with Professor Gustav Rose, physics under Professor 

 Dove, and applied chemistry under Professor Magnus. 



In 1856 he received the degree of Ph. D., from the University of 

 Gottingen for his researches in mineral chemistry. 



He returned to the United States in 1856 and received an offer 

 from Professor Joy, who was then at Union College, to become 

 his private assistant. This offer he accepted, assuming his duties 

 early in January, 1857, when just twenty years of age. In April 

 of that year Professor Joy resigned his professorship to take the 

 Chair of Chemistry at Columbia. President Eliphalet Nott of 

 Union College immediately invited young Chandler to assume the 

 duties of the professorship — w^hich he did so successfully that he 

 Avas soon appointed Adjunct and then full Professor of Chemistry. 

 Here he successfully delivered courses of lectures on chemistry, 

 inorganic and organic, crystallography, blowpipe analysis, descrip- 

 tive mineralogy, agricultural chemistry and geology. 



In the fall of 1864 at the urgent request of Professors Egleston 

 and Jo}', he became the head of the department of chemistry in 

 the new School of Mines of Columbia College. He delivered lec- 

 tures on qualitative analysis, stoichiometry, quantitative analysis, 

 applied chemistry and geology, without any recompense for 

 his services except such fees as might be received from 

 pupils. He received the title of Professor of Analytical and 

 Applied Chemistry and was made Dean of the Faculty. 

 AVhen the School of Mines was reorganized he received the chair 

 of general chemistry. In 1872 he became adjunct professor of 

 chemistry and medical jurisprudence in the College of Physicians 



