Abraham Cressy Morrison
Abraham Cressy Morrison (1888-1951) was an American chemist. He was President of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Personal life[change | change source]
He was known to his close friends as "Cressy". His wife was the former Marguerite Snow of New York.[1] He loved to fish and entertain at their summer home on Deer Isle, south of Bangor, Maine.[1]
Notable work[change | change source]
Morrison published a book called Man in a Chemical World: The Service of Chemical Industry (New York: Scribner's Sons, 1937). It is a work on science for the general reader.[2] He is better known for his book Man Does Not Stand Alone, which was published in 1944. His largest work was The Baking Powder Controversy (New York: American Baking Powder Association, 1904–07). This is a work in two volumes on the history of the baking powder industry in the U.S.
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