Theodore William Richards, a professor of chemistry at Harvard University, was the first American chemist to receive a Nobel Prize. The prize was awarded to Richards in 1914 in chemistry for his accurate determination of the atomic weights of...

The American chemist Theodore William Richards (1868-1928) ushered in a new age of accuracy in chemistry by determining the atomic weights of many elements. Theodore W. Richards was born on Jan. 31, 1868, in Germantown, Pa. His father, William Trost...

Richards was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on January 31, 1868. He was educated at home until the age of 14, when he entered Haverford College. He graduated from Haverford in 1885 and began graduate work in chemistry at Harvard. For his doctoral...

Richard Theodore Greener was the first African-American graduate of Harvard College, and one of the first black faculty members, if not the first, at a southern flagship state university. He also served as dean of the Howard University School of Law. Born free...

William Theodore Wollmuth of Lake Villa since 1986 The funeral Mass for William Theodore Wollmuth, 89, formerly of Grayslake, will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, at St. Bede Catholic Church, 36455 N. Wilson Road, Ingleside, IL 60041. Burial will be...