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Part of In Memoriam - Rachel Lloyd, Ph.D.

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Ihave received trom Prof. Charles F. Maybery,
formerly of Harvard University, a short sketch of
their work together at the Harvard Annex, which |
thought best to publish verbatim, as it speaks for it-
self, of her work and character.

PROFESSOR RACHEL LLOYD.

My first acquaintance with Mrs. Rachel Lloyd was in the
Summer of 1875, when she came from Philadelphia with several
other ladies to attend the summer course of instruction in
chemistry given under my direction at Harvard University





She was then engaged in teaching science to the well known

young ladies school of the Misses Bonney and DeLaye. Mrs.
Lloyd became so deeply interested in chemistry that
tinued her attendance at these summer courses until 1884. She
mastered very thoroughly general, analytical, theoretical, and
organic chemistry, and for several years devoted her time to
original investigations in organic chemistry. Mrs. Lloyd’s
great ambition was to fit herself for teaching chemistry in a col
Jege or university. As she extended her knowledge, she was
promoted from one position to another until she was elected
professor of chemistry in the Hampton Female College, Lonis-
ville, Ky. After two years she resigned this position, and in
1885 went to Zurich, Switzerland, for the purpose of continuing
her studies in the University.

She was desirous of securing an advanced degree as an evi
dence of her attainments, and with this object in view she had
sought in vain for some encouragements from the colleges and
Universities in this country and abroad, to enter an advanced
course of study. But the university at Zurich was the only
institution that she could enter with the hope of securing a de
gree. She immediately availed herself of the opportunity, and
applied herself so closely that at the end of two semesters, after
rigid examinations, the degree of Philosophie Doctor, Cum