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Edward Harrison Keiser

b. 1861

A chemist and teacher from the early days of modern laboratory science, he wrote practical books that helped bring hands-on chemistry into the classroom. His work reflects a period when American science was becoming more organized, experimental, and widely taught.

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On the Existence of Active Oxygen Thesis Presented for the Attainment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University

On the Existence of Active Oxygen Thesis Presented for the Attainment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University

by Edward Harrison Keiser

About the author

Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1861, Edward Harrison Keiser was an American chemist rather than a novelist or poet. He earned a Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University and published On the Existence of Active Oxygen in 1884, a research work tied to his doctoral studies.

Keiser also wrote Laboratory Work in Chemistry: A Series of Experiments in General Inorganic Chemistry in 1895, a teaching text that points to his strong interest in scientific education as well as research. Biographical records linked to St. Louis describe him as an established figure in the city's scientific community in the early 20th century.

For listeners interested in historical science writing, his books offer a glimpse of chemistry at a time when laboratory methods were becoming central to education and discovery.