Neil Gordon

{{short description|American chemist and educator (1886–1949)}}

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Neil Gordon

| image = Gordon1.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|10|7}}

| birth_place = New York City, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|5|30|1886|10|7}}

| death_place = Detroit, Michigan, US

| field = {{unbulleted list

|Chemical education

|Physical chemistry

}}

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list

|Syracuse University

|Johns Hopkins University

}}

| work_institution = :Goucher College {{small|(1917–1919)}}

:{{nowrap|University of Maryland {{small|(1919–1928)}}}}

:Johns Hopkins University {{small|(1928–1936)}}

:Central College in Missouri {{small|(1936-1942)}}

:Wayne State University {{small|(1942–1947)}}

| thesis_title = The Solubility of Liquids in Liquids. The Partition of the Lower Acids between Water and Cottonseed Oil. Also the Partition of Formic Acid between Water and Various Organic Compounds.

| thesis_year = 1917{{Cite book |title=Report of the President of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland |publisher=Johns Hopkins Press |date=1917 |page=157 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LiwXAAAAYAAJ&q=Gordon&pg=PA157}}

| known_for = {{unbulleted list

|Gordon Research Conferences

|Journal of Chemical Education

|ACS Division of Chemical Education

}}

}}

Neil Elbridge Gordon (October 7, 1886 – May 30, 1949){{Cite journal | doi = 10.1021/ed075p1373 | title = Journal History: Guiding the Journal of Chemical Education | journal = Journal of Chemical Education | volume = 75 | pages = 1373–1380 | year = 1998| issue = 11 | bibcode = 1998JChEd..75.1373. }} was an American chemist and educator. He founded the Journal of Chemical Education ({{Circa|1924}}) and established the Gordon Research Conferences ({{Circa|1931}}).