Wyatt William Randall notebooks

Collection — Container: 1

Identifier: MS-0087

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 11 notebooks with manuscript notes compiled by Wyatt William Randall while he was a chemistry graduate student at Hopkins from 1886 to 1889. Randall studied in the chemical laboratories of Professors Ira Remsen and Harmon Northrop Morse. The collection also includes a paper prepared by Randall in 1928 for the Maryland State Department of Health. His paper describes both the public health problems in post war Europe and the political climate of Italy, France, and Great Britain.

Dates

Creation: 1886-1889, 1928

Creator

Randall, Wyatt William, 1867-1930 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Collection is open for use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Biographical Note

Wyatt William Randall was a noted chemist and faculty member at the school of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He was born in Annapolis, MD in 1867 and received the A.B. degree from St. John's in 1884. Randall entered the Johns Hopkins University and received a Ph.D. in chemistry (1890). He was assistant and then associate professor of chemistry at Hopkins until 1898 where he was closely associated with Ira Remsen. After teaching in preparatory schools, Randall became a chemist with the Maryland State Department of Health (1911) and was appointed professor of biochemistry in the school of Hygiene and Public Health in 1921. Wyatt Williams died in Baltimore, July 22, 1930.

Extent

0.38 Cubic Feet (1 letter size document box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Wyatt William Randall (1867-1930) was a noted chemist and faculty member at the school of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. The collection consists of 11 notebooks with manuscript notes compiled while Randall was a chemistry graduate student at Hopkins from 1886 to 1889.