Charles Washington Merrill
Charles Washington Merrill (December 21, 1869 – February 5, 1958) was an American mining metallurgist.
Biography
He was born in Concord, New Hampshire, to Sylvester and Clara L. (née French) Merrill.[1] He attended elementary and high school in Alameda, California, and then attended the College of Mining of the University of California, where he received a Bachelor of Science in 1891.[2]
After his graduation he was first connected with the noted old Standard Consolidated mine in
After he achieved his success in South Dakota, Merrill organized the Merrill Company in San Francisco in 1910, for the purpose of exploiting his patents in the cyanide process. He held over 25 patents in the United States and foreign countries relative to metallurgical processes and mining apparatus. From 1924-25 he served as a regent of the University of California and also served as president of the Alumni Association.
During World War I he accepted the position of chief of the Division of Collateral Commodities in the Food Administration at the request of Herbert Hoover. In World War II his various enterprises were called upon by the Armed Services to extend and vary their endeavors and processes as their part in aiding the war effort.
On February 9, 1898, he married Clara Scott Robinson, daughter of Dr. W.N. and Clara (née Hawkins) Robinson in
Merrill died on February 5, 1956, of a stroke at the age of 86 while on a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii.
References
- ^ a b "Charles W. Merrill - San Francisco, CA". www.onlinebiographies.info. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ "Merrill". Mining Hall Of Fame. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- Obituary, New York Times, 8 February 1956.
- Obituary, Berkeley Daily Gazette 8 February 1956.
- Obituary, San Francisco Chronicle 8 February 1956.
- Byington, Lewis Francis, The History of San Francisco, Clarke Pub. Co., 1931.
- Ryder, David Warren, The Merrill story : (being a record of the life and achievements of Charles Washington Merrill, and a history of the Merrill Company and subsidiaries), Merrill Co., 1958.