The Biographical Dictionary of America/Battershall, Jesse Park

​BATTERSHALL, Jesse Park, chemist, was born at Troy, N.Y., May 26, 1851. After a partial course of study at the Columbia college school of mines, he worked in some of the best German laboratories, where he became practically conversant with the latest discoveries in chemistry and physics, and added to his theoretical knowledge by attending the lectures of Marignac at Geneva. In 1873 the University of Tubingen conferred upon him the degree of D.Sc., and shortly afterwards he returned to America and settled in New York city. He spent several years in the laboratories of various New York commercial houses, but in 1879 he accepted the position of superintendent of analysis at the government laboratory in New York city. He wrote frequent articles on chemistry for scientific periodicals, and a book entitled "Adulteration of Food and Drink and Its Detection" (1887). He also translated Naquet's "Legal Chemistry" (1876). He was a member of several prominent scientific associations, including the American and London chemical societies. He died Jan. 12, 1891.

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