The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Lattimore, Samuel Allan

LATTIMORE, Samuel Allan, American educator and chemist: b. Union County, Ind., 31 May 1828; d. 17 Feb. 1913. He was graduated at Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University in 1850, acted as classical tutor there in 1850-52, and after taking his M.A. in 1853 he was appointed to the chair of Greek. He was professor of chemistry in Genesee College in 1860-67, and in 1867-1908 professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester. He retired in 1908. He was chemist to the New York State Board of Health in 1881-1908, and to the New York State Department of Agriculture in 1886-1908; also serving as chemist to the Rochester board of water commissioners. He was an earnest worker for the exposure of adulteration in food products and did much to popularize, and stimulate interest in, his branch of science. He was active in the establishment of the Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes; was a Fellow, and in 1880 vice-president, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was the recipient of several honorary degrees from American universities.