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ALEXANDER SMITH, emeritus professor of chemistry in Columbia University, New York, died in Edinburgh on September 8, aged fifty-seven, Smith was born in Edinburgh, and entered the University there in 1882, where he studied, mathematics under Chrystal, natural philosophy under Tait, and chemistry under Crum Brown, graduating as B.Sc. in; 1886. During the following three years he attended the University of Munich, working in Baeyer's laboratory, chiefly under the direction of Claisen, and obtained the degree of Ph.D. in 1889.
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W., J. Prof. Alexander Smith. Nature 110, 457–458 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110457b0
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