Edward Marion Augustus Chandler

Edward Marion Augustus Chandler
Born(1887-04-10)April 10, 1887
Ocala, Florida
DiedMarch 22, 1973(1973-03-22) (aged 85)
Texas, Houston
Alma materUniversity of Illinois, Ph.D. (1917)

Clark University, M.S. (1914)

Howard University, A.B. (1913)
Known fortriphenylmethane dyes
SpouseEstella May Thorton
Children3
Scientific career
InstitutionsDicks David & Heller Company (1917 - 1921), Abbott Laboratories (1921 - 1924)
ThesisThe molecular rearrangement of carbon compounds (1917)
Doctoral advisorRoger Adams

Edward Marion Augustus Chandler (April 10, 1887 – March 22, 1973) was the second African American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry while studying at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and was a founding faculty member at Roosevelt University in Chicago.