Evan J. Crane Explained

Evan J. Crane
Birth Date:	14 February 1889
Death Place:	Columbus, Ohio
Nationality:	American
Known For:	editor of Chemical Abstracts
Occupation:	chemist

Evan Jay Crane (February 14, 1889 – December 30, 1966) was an American chemist and the editor of Chemical Abstracts 1915–1958.^[1]

He graduated from Ohio State University in 1911, and received an Honorary D.Sc. there in 1938.^[2]

In 1951 he was awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honour of the American Chemical Society,^[3] and in 1953 the Austin M. Patterson Award.^[4]

In 1958, at the 134th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Crane was presented with a commemorative scroll from the ACS Division of Chemical Literature, worded as follows:

Publications

• A Guide to the Literature of Chemistry, by E. J. Crane and Austin M. Patterson (Wiley, 1927) (2nd edition: 1957, with Eleanor B. Marr)

External links

• Photograph of Crane in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
• A Guide to the Literature of Chemistry (1927) full text at Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. Book: Thurlow. K. J.. Chemical Nomenclature. 1998. Springer. 9780751404753. 69. 14 January 2015.
2. Web site: University Awards & Recognition: Honorary Degrees Awarded. Ohio State University. 13 January 2015.
3. Raber. Linda. 1951: Evan J. Crane (1889–1966). C&EN . 7 April 2008. 86. 14. 13 January 2015.
4. Web site: The Patterson-Crane Award (co-sponsored with the Dayton Section). Columbus Section of the American Chemical Society. 13 January 2015.