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Letter from Ira Remsen to James Curtis Booth

  • 1886-Feb-09

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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).

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  • Series I: Correspondence 1824-1888
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  • Box 2, Folder 7

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Scientific Biography
Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler

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Remsen, Ira. “Letter from Ira Remsen to James Curtis Booth,” February 9, 1886. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 2, Folder 7. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/omkjea4.

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