Cyril George Hopkins

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(1866 - 1919)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.50.1295.387
http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.21842
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3039
The Acknowledgements on the first page of his thesis "The chemistry of the corn kernel" says the following: "I am especially grateful to Professor G.C. Caldwell under whose direction these studies have been carried on, and who has been to me a constant source of counsel and encouragement"

1866-1919
CYRIL GEORGE HOPKINS was born near Chatfield, Minnesota. He was still quite young when his family moved to Estaline, South Dakota, where he received his early education. He was graduated from the South Dakota Agricultural College and acquired his early scientific experience there as an assistant to Dr. Shepard, chemist of the experiment station. His post-graduate study was done at Cornell University where he received his Doctor's degree. For further training he went a few years later to the renowned German chemist, Tollens, at Göttingen.
Dr. Hopkins was appointed chemist of the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station in 1894, ...
('Fifty famous farmers', Author: Lester S Ivins; Albert E Winship http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2134886 )
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