LYONS, ROBERT EDWARD: 1869-1946.
Robert Edward Lyons , son of Mathew J. and Alice Eveleigh Lyons, was born at Bloomfield, Ind., on Oct. 24, 1869, and graduated from Indiana University in 1889, receiving the A.M. degree in 1890. He studied in Germany and Denmark from 1892 to 1895 and was awarded the Ph.D. degree by Heidelberg in 1894. On Mar. 23, 1898, he married Eleanor Joslyn.
In 1889 he was an instructor in chemistry at Indiana University, from 1890 to 1895 was on the faculty of Heidelberg University, and from 1895 to 1938 served as professor of chemistry and head of the department at Indiana University. During these years he was also on the staff of Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Medical College of Indiana, and the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis .
Dr. Lyons was the author of many scientific articles. He died on Nov. 25, 1946.
Information from Indiana University, 1820-1904, and Who's Who in America.
- Die Phenylverbindungen yon Schwefel, Selen und
Tellur. Heidelberg, 1894.
- The Qualitative Analysis of Inorganic Bodies (withL. S. Davis). Anderson, Ind., 1897.
- A Manual of Toxicological Analysis (withL. S. Davis). Anderson, Ind., 1899.
