Herbert Newby McCoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert Newby McCoy

American chemist

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1870

Place of Birth: Richmond, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 07-May-1945

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Herbert Newby McCoy (June 29, 1870, Richmond, Indiana – May 7, 1945, Los Angeles, California) was an American chemist who taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Utah and was the vice-president of Lindsay Light & Chemical Company. He contributed numerous papers on physical chemistry, radioactivity and rare earths.McCoy and his wife-to-be, chemist Ethel Mary Terry, wrote the three-volume set Introduction to General Chemistry (1919), Laboratory outline of General Chemistry (1920) and Teachers Manual and Notes (1920).