After attending several schools in that state he entered the Johns Hopkins University in the autumn of 1885 as a special student of chemistry and physics. He matriculated in 1887 and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1889, having held an ordinary and an honorary scholarship. For the last three years he has continued his studies in the University following chemistry as a principal subject and mineralogy and geology as subordinates. During this time he has been appointed twice to a university scholarship, was lecture assistant to professor Remsen,90-91, and Fellow in chemistry,91-92.