Horace E. Stockbridge
Horace E. Stockbridge (May 19, 1857–October 30, 1930) was an American agricultural chemist who became the first president of North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University).{{citation|url=http://www.digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/ndsu-bolley/id/325/|title=President Horace Stockbridge, North Dakota Agricultural College|work=Digital Horizons: Life on the Northern Plains|accessdate=2018-11-14}}
Early life and education
Stockbridge was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, and graduated from Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst) in 1878. After working for the USDA and as an instructor at the college, he went to graduate school at Boston University and then the University of Göttingen, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1884.
Career
Upon completing graduate school, Stockbridge returned to the Massachusetts Agricultural College faculty but in 1885 moved to the Japanese Imperial College of Agriculture and Engineering.
Returning to the US, Stockbridge became president of North Dakota Agricultural College from 1890 to 1893. He later joined the faculty of the Florida Agricultural College.
Legacy
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Category:20th-century American chemists
Category:Presidents of North Dakota State University
Category:University of Göttingen alumni
Category:Massachusetts Agricultural College alumni
Category:19th-century American chemists
Category:People from Hadley, Massachusetts
Category:United States Department of Agriculture people
Category:University of Florida faculty
Category:Agricultural chemists
Category:Chemists from Massachusetts
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