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Harvey Washington Wiley

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Harvey Washington Wiley 1844-1930, American chemist, b. Kent, Ind., grad. Hanover College (B.A., 1867), M.D. Indiana Medical College, 1871. After serving (1874-83) as state chemist of Indiana, he was chief chemist of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (1883-1912) and professor of agricultural chemistry at George Washington Univ. (1899-1914). A prominent figure in the fight against food adulteration, he was largely responsible for the passage and administration of the Food and Drug Act of 1906. His writings include works on agricultural chemistry and food adulteration. Author not available,... Read more
Harvey Washington Wiley
...The American chemist Harvey Washington Wiley (1844-1930) established...Drug Administration." Harvey Wiley was born in Kent, Ind...the end, he died in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 1930. Further Reading Wiley's An Autobiography... Read more
The 1980s: Medicine and Health: Publications
...1986); Altman, Richard Greene, and Harvey M. Sapolsky, Health Planning and Regulation: The Decision-Making Process (Washington, D.C.: AUPHA, 1981); L. B. Andrews...Health, Health Care and Research (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1986...Current Topics in AIDS (New York: Wiley, 1987); ... Read more

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