BiocHEMiCAL Bulletin 



Volume IV 



MARCH, 191 5 



No. 13 



IN MEMORIAM 



FRANCIS HUMPHREYS STORER 

 Born, March 27, 1832 Died, July 30, 19 14 



With the demise of Professor Francis Humphreys Storer, Pro- 

 fessor in the Bussey Institution of Harvard University, on July ßoth 

 last, at the age of 82 years, there ended a long and useful career de- 

 voted principally to chemistry in its relation to agriculture. Frank 

 Storer, as he was known in the early days, was born on Boylston 

 Street, Boston, and was the son of David Humphreys Storer, M.D., 

 LL.D., and Abby Jane (Brewer) Storer. He received his early 

 training in private schools and under private tutors, and from 1850 

 to 1851 was a Student at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard 

 University. From 185 1 to 1853 he served as assistant to Professor 

 Josiah P. Cooke, then Professor of Chemistry at Harvard. In 1853 

 he was chemist with the U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition. 

 After his return to Massachusetts, Storer resumed his studies at 

 the Lawrence Scientific School and graduated with the degree of 

 Bachelor of Science in 1855. 



Although not reared in an agricultural Community, Storer was a 

 profound lover of nature and in his younger days, it is said, he 

 seized every opportunity to visit the countryside. Endowed with a 

 keen Imagination, he was one of the few to realize the need of a 

 better basis for the practice of farming on the American continent. 

 Rule of thumb methods prevailed at the time to the extreme, and 

 in many cases where crops were successfully grown, or where not. 



