Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Albert H. Chester
Professor
Centurion, 1892–1903
Proposed by
Thomas Egleston and John H. Caswell
Thomas Egleston and John H. Caswell
born
November 22, 1843
Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, New York
died
April 13, 1903
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
elected
June 4, 1892
Age forty-eight
Age forty-eight
buried
Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Century Memorial
Albert Huntington Chester, at the time of his death, was Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy at Rutgers College, having previously filled a like chair at Hamilton College. He was the author of two works on minerals, held in high esteem in this country and abroad, was a Fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain, and of the Société Française de Minéralogie. He had high standing as a mining engineer, and contributed extensively to foreign and home publications in his specialty.
Edward Cary
1904 Century Association Yearbook
