Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Engelhardt, Francis Ernest

ENGELHARDT, Francis Ernest, chemist, b. in Gieboldehausen, Hanover, 23 June, 1835. He was educated at the gymnasium in Duderstadt and Hildesheim, and in the University of Göttingen. In 1856 he became assistant to Prof. Frederick Wöhler in the chemical laboratories in Göttingen, where he remained until he came to the United States in 1857. He was assistant in chemistry to Prof. William S. Clark at Amherst in 1857-'8, and to Prof. Charles A. Joy at Columbia in 1860. From 1861 till 1866 he was professor of chemistry in the College of St. Francis Xavier in New York city, and from 1869 till 1886 chemist to the Onondaga, salt reservation and the salt companies of Onondaga. In 1886 he became chemist to the Genesee salt company, and is one of the experts for the State board of health, having special charge of the examination of all wines, beers, and liquors. In 1864 he received the degree of Ph. D. from St. Francis Xavier. His contributions to chemical literature have been large, but are mostly in the form of technical reports bearing on his special work.