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In attempting to discover traces of a science in earliest historic times, one must first disabuse his mind of the idea that he will find it in anything like the elaborated modern form in which he knows it. These natural sciences are the result of a long process of evolution, and the primal form will probably prove a very much disguised one.

Francis Preston Venable

Francis Preston Venable

Francis Preston Venable

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Born: November 17, 1856

Died: March 17, 1934 (aged 77)

Bio: Francis Preston Venable was a chemist, educator, and president of the University of North Carolina. Born “near FarmVille, Prince Edward county, Virginia to Charles Scott Venable, aide-de-camp to Gen. Robert E.

Known for:

A Brief Account of Radio-activity (1917)
A short history of chemistry (1894)
History of Chemistry (1922)
Zirconium and Its Compounds (1922)

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