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FRANCIS PRESTON VENABLE, Ph. D.
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Francis Preston Vcnable, Ph. D. rRANCIS PRESTON VENABLE, Ph. D., was born near Farra- ville. Prince Echvard County, Virginia, on !N ovember 17th, 1856. His father was the late Charles Scott Venable, a member of General Robert E. Lee ' s staff. Professor of Mathematics, and for a long time Chairman of the Faculty of the University of Virginia. After finishing his preparatory education in the High School of Charlottesville, Virginia, Dr. Venable entered the University of Virginia, where he graduated with high honor in 1877. For one year he was assistant in the University High School at New Orleans, alter which he returned to the University of Virginia and completed a year ' s post- graduate work. In 1880, he went abroad and studied at the University of Bonn. After he had cimipleted two semesters, he was elected Professor of Chemistry in the University of North Carolina, which position he tilled, in a very al)le manner, until elected to the presidency of the institution on June 5tli, 1900. The spring following the year in which he was elected Professor, he spent at the University of Gottingen, where he received the degree of doctor of philosophy. The reputation of Dr. Venable as a chemist is well known. He has been regarded as the leader of Southern chemists. This fact is shown by his election to numerous offices in the section of chemistry of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is now a fellow of the London and German Chemical Societies. Dr. Venable has published over sixty contributions to scientific knowledge. His most important works are, Short History of Chem- istry, The History of the Periodic Law, and Inorganic Chemistry According to the Periodic Law (the latter in conjunction with Prof. J. L. Howe ). Endowed by nature with great ability, splendid opportunities coupled with close application on his part, have made Dr. Venable a polished scholar and a cultured gentleman. To this he has added the character of a Christian. Of splendid executive ability, admired and respected by all that come in contact with him, the record of his first year as president a brilliant one, it is confidently expected that the University, under the control of Dr. Venable, Avill continue as it has in the past, the head of the educational interests in the State. 12
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