Emma P. Carr
| Emma P. Carr | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1880 Holmesville, Ohio, USA |
| Died | January 7, 1972 (aged 91) Evanston, Illinois, USA |
| Fields | ultraviolet spectroscopy |
| Institutions | Mount Holyoke College |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University Mount Holyoke College University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Julius Stieglitz |
| Notable awards | Francis P. Garvan Medal (1937) |
Emma Perry Carr (July 23, 1880 – January 7, 1972) was an American spectroscopist and chemical educator.
Carr was born in Holmesville, Ohio, the third child of Edmund and Anna Carr.[1] She went to high school in Coshocton, Ohio, before attening Ohio State University from 1898 until 1899, and then Mount Holyoke College from 1900 until 1902.[2] She stayed at Mount Holyoke as an assistant in the chemistry department[1] until going to the University of Chicago to take her senior year in physical chemistry, receiving her B.S. in 1905.[2] She then spent two years teaching at Mount Holyoke before returning to Chicago to study for her Ph.D., which she received in 1910.[1][2]
With her Ph.D. in hand, she returned to Mount Holyoke as a professor, being named Head of Department in 1913.[1][2] She was able to establish a research program studying the ultraviolet spectra of hydrocarbons, and established a link between the frequencies of the absorptions and the enthalpy change of combustion of the compound.[1][3] She also participated in the International Critical Tables of the International Research Council, where she worked with Professor Victor Henri of the University of Zurich.[2][4] She retired in 1946.[1][2]
Carr was the inaugural recipient in 1937 of the Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal of the American Chemical Society (ACS), established "to recognize distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists".[5] She also recived the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry of the Northeastern Section of the ACS in Spring 1957 (with Mary Lura Sherrill).[6] The chemistry building at Mount Holyoke College was dedicated in her honor in 1955.[2]
When her health began to fail her, she was placed in a care home in Evanston, Illinois, nearer to her nephew, James Carr, and the rest of her family. She passed away of heart failure on January 7, 1972.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Emma Perry Carr, <http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/carr.html> (accessed 31 March 2011), Project NOVA Biographical Data Base of Scientists; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Carr, Emma P. – Papers, ca. 1902–1986 – Manuscript Collection: MS 0517; Mount Holyoke College, <http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/library/arch/col/msrg/mancol/ms0517r.htm>. (accessed 31 March 2011).
- ↑ Carr, Emma P. A Relation between Ultra-violet Absorption Spectra and Heats of Combustion. Nature 1930, 125, 237. DOI: 10.1038/125237a0.
- ↑ International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology; Washburn, Edward W., Ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York, 1927; Vol. 5, pp vii, 326, <http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lkArAAAAYAAJ>.
- ↑ Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal; American Chemical Society, <http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/funding/awards/national/bytopic/CTP_004521>. (accessed 31 March 2011).
- ↑ Recipients of the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry; Northeastern Section, American Chemical Society, <http://www.nesacs.org/Awards/Norris/norris_recipients.html>. (accessed 31 March 2011).
Selected writings
- Carr, Emma P.; Burt, C. Pauline The Absorption Spectra of some Derivatives of Cyclopropane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1918, 40 (10), 1590–1600. DOI: 10.1021/ja02243a009.
- Carr, Emma P. A Relation between Ultra-violet Absorption Spectra and Heats of Combustion. Nature 1930, 125, 237. DOI: 10.1038/125237a0.
- Carr, Emma P. Electronic Transitions in the Simple Unsaturated Hydrocarbons. Chem. Rev. 1947, 41 (2), 293–99. DOI: 10.1021/cr60129a008.
- Carr, Emma P. Research in a liberal arts college. J. Chem. Educ. 1957, 34 (9), 467. DOI: 10.1021/ed034p467.
External links
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See also the corresponding article on Wikipedia. |
- Emma Perry Carr, Biographical Snapshots of Famous Women and Minority Chemists, Journal of Chemical Education
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