Henry Clay White
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|12|30}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|11|30|1848|12|30}}
| death_place = Athens, Georgia
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| occupation = Chemist
| spouse = {{Marriage|Ella Frances Roberts|December 19, 1872}}
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Henry Clay White (1848–1927) was an American chemist, notable for his contributions to agricultural science and higher education.{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/henry-clay-white-1848-1927 | title = Henry Clay White (1848-1927) | first = Lester D. | last = Stephens | date = August 28, 2013 | access-date = February 8, 2018 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063321/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/henry-clay-white-1848-1927 | archivedate = February 9, 2018 | url-status = live }} He was also an early proponent of Darwin's theory of evolution.{{cite journal | first = Lester D. | last = Stephens | date = 1994 | title = Henry Clay White, Darwin's Disciple in Georgia, 1875-1927 | journal = Georgia Historical Quarterly | volume = 78 | pages = 66–91}}
Early life and education
Henry Clay White was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 30, 1848.
He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1870.{{Cite web |title=Henry Clay White |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/henry-clay-white-1848-1927/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |language=en-US}}
Career
After graduation from the University of Virginia, he briefly worked at a chemical company in Baltimore and lectured at what would later become the Maryland Institute College of Art.
From 1871 to 1872, he was a professor at St. John's College in Annapolis, but he left before the end of the term to take up a post at the University of Georgia.
From 1872 to 1927, he was professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63720740/dr-henry-white-dies-in-athens/ |title=Dr. Henry White Dies in Athens |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution |page=1 |date=1927-12-01 |access-date=2020-11-21 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1893 he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
In 1909, he organized a conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.
In 1926, he wrote a biography on Abraham Baldwin, the founder of the University of Georgia.{{Cite book |last=White |first=Henry Clay |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Abraham_Baldwin/V4sBAAAAMAAJ?hl=en |title=Abraham Baldwin: One of the Founders of the Republic, and Father of the University of Georgia, the First of American State Universities |date=1926 |publisher=McGregor Company |language=en}}
Personal life
He married Ella Frances Roberts on December 19, 1872.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4Q6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA184 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |publisher=James T. White & Company |year=1907 |volume=IX |page=184 |access-date=2020-11-21 |via=Google Books}} They had no children.
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