E. EMMET REID, who served on the Hopkins chemistry faculty from 1916 until his retirement in 1936, was responsible for the synthesis of more than 75 new organic compounds. An authority on organic sulphur compounds, he is credited with the invention of tear gas. After retirement, Dr. Reid continued his research, doubling his output of published papers to achieve a lifetime total of 172 scholarly articles. He also wrote an autobiography titled My First One Hundred Years. The university awarded him an honorary degree in 1972, one year before his death at age 101.
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