WHITE, Henry Clay, educator, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 30 December, 1850. He was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1870, and was professor of chemistry in the Maryland institute, Baltimore, and then in St. John's college, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1871-'2. In the same year he was science lecturer in the Peabody institute, Baltimore, and in the latter year he was appointed professor of chemistry in the University of Georgia, which post he still holds. Since 1880 he has been state chemist of Georgia. In 1881-'2 he was president of the Association of official chemists of the United States, and in 1888 he became chief chemist of the Georgia state experimental station. He received the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1877, and is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. Dr. White has published scientific addresses, reports on the chemistry of the cotton-plant and on commercial fertilizers, "The Complete Chemistry of the Cotton-Plant" (Macon, 1873), and, with William Gibbs McAdoo, "Elementary Geology of Tennessee" (Nashville, 1874).