Letter from Ira Remsen to James Curtis Booth

2023-01-10T15:33:31-05:00

Ira Remsen (1846-1927), an American chemist, discoverer of the artificial sweetener saccharin, founder of the American Chemical Journal, and second president of Johns Hopkins University, writes to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) to discuss a planned monument to honor Booth's mentor, German chemist Fredrich Wöhler (1800-1882).