| Marston T. Bogert | |
| Birth Name: | Marston Taylor Bogert |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Flushing, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Islip, Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Fields: | Organic Chemistry |
| Education: | Flushing Institute |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University (AB) Columbia School of Mines (PhB) |
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Marston Taylor Bogert (April 18, 1868 – March 21, 1954) was an American chemist.
He was born in Flushing, New York on April 18, 1868[1] and studied at the Flushing Institute.[2]
He entered Columbia College in New York in 1886 and graduated in 1890 with an A.B. degree. He then entered the new Columbia School of Mines and completed a Ph.B. degree in analytical and applied chemistry in 1894.[3] [4] He stayed on to teach organic chemistry and in 1904 was appointed a full professor, retiring in 1939 as emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry in Residence.[1]
He was president of the American Chemical Society 1907-8[4] and president of the Society of Chemical Industry in 1912.
During the First World War, Bogert initially served as chief of the Technical & Consulting Section of the Chemical Industry Branch of the War Industries Board[5] before joining the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service. He was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel on March 9, 1918, promoted to colonel on July 13, 1918 and honorably discharged from active duty on May 1, 1919.[3] After joining the U.S. Army, he continued to serve in the Chemical Warfare Section of the Chemical Division of the War Industries Board.[6]
Bogert was the son of Henry A. Bogert and Mary B. (Lawrence) Bogert.[3]
On September 12, 1893, he married Charlotte E. Hoogland.[3] [12]
A resident of Manhattan, Bogert died at a convalescent home in Islip on Long Island on March 21, 1954.[13] [14]