ID
1991
Nationality
American
Occupation
Chemist
Scientist
Summary
First deaf American to earn a Ph.D. degree. Born at Philadelphia; graduated Yale University in 1861; Ph.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Heidelberg, 1869. After some years as an assayer in the western states, established a chemical laboratory in New York City. Brother of Henry Humphrey Moore (q.v.).
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p.261-262; Notable Deaf Persons, p.35-37; Silence of the Spheres, p.28-29; The Frat, Jan. 1939, p.3.
Dates
1842-13 April 1895