Armsby, Henry Prentiss (1853-1921)--DB8075
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
21.09.1853-19.10.1921
Maiden name, place of origin
Northbridge, Massachusetts
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Married in 1878 to Lucy Atwood Harding
Social background, family connections
Son of Lewis Armsby, cabinet maker, and Mary A. Prentiss
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Yale University: Ph.D. 1879, Bachelor of Philosophy 1874; Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Bachelor of Science 1871
Occupation
Pennsylvania State College: first director of the institute of animal nutrition 1907-, director of the agricultural experiment station 1887-1907; University of Wisconsin: professor of agricultural chemistry and associate director and chemist of the agricultural experiment station 1883-1887; Storrs Agricultural School: vice-principal and professor of agricultural chemistry 1881-1883; Agricultural experiment station, Connecticut: chemist 1877-; Lecturer
Functions in agricultural institutions
Association of agricultural colleges and experimental stations: president 1898-1899
Functions in other institutions
Political activities
Short Biography
References
Own publications
- The Animal as a Converter of Matter and Energy. A Study of the Role of Live Stock in Food Production, 1925
- The Nutrition of Farm Animals, 1917
- The Principles of Animal Nutrition, 1903
- Manual of Cattle Feeding, 1880
Sources
- ARH file no. 4960
- Benedict, Francis G.: Biographical Memoir of Henry Prentiss Armsby 1853-1921, in: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Biographical Memoirs, 1938, Volume XIX, p. 271-284