(Born: New York City, New York, U.S.A., 28 January 1843; Died: 1903) American chemist & mineral collector.

Bolton graduated from Columbia in 1862, and then studied chemistry in Paris, Heidelberg, Göttingen, and Berlin. In 1866 he received the degree of PhD from the University of Göttingen, his dissertation describing the fluorine compounds of uranium. He continued to travel before becoming in 1872 assistant in quantitative analysis in the Columbia School of Mines. In 1874 he became chemistry professor at the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, which he resigned in 1877. He was then appointed professor of chemistry and natural science in Trinity College, where he taught for the next decade. There he opened its new chemical laboratory, built an outstanding 3,000-piece mineral collection, and published a student guide to quantitative analysis, as well as a massive bibliography of the science.

Biographical references: ABA: I 148, 248-259. • Adams, Dictionary of American Authors, 1904. • Appleton Cyclopedia of American Biography. • Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. • MRLA: Mineralogical Record Label Archive. • National Cyclopedia of American Biography. • Who Was Who in America.

1. English, 1893 [Bibliography].
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. | - 850 - | A Select | Bibliography | Of | Chemistry | 1492-1892. | By | Henry Carrington Bolton. | [rule] | Washington, D.C. | 1893.

8°: [i]-xi, [3], 1-1212 p.

Contents: [i-ii], Title page, verso blank.; [iii], "Contents."; [iv], Blank.; v-ix, "Preface," signed H. Carrington Bolton, 1 June 1893.; [x], Blank.; xi, "Number Of Title In The Seven Languages."; [1 pg], Blank.; [1 pg], "Explanation Of Abbreviations And Signs."; [1 pg], Blank.; 1-1158, Text.; 1159-1164, "Abbreviations of Titles of Periodicals."; 1165-1182, "Addenda."; 1183-1212, "Subject Index."

Scarce. A massive and still useful bibliography of chemistry covering 400 years of material, that because of its broad scope lists many mineralogical titles. Bolton divides the material into seven sections: bibliographies, dictionaries, histories, biographies, chemistry, alchemy, and periodicals. Supplements were published to update the bibliography and add other titles missed.

Facsimile reprint, 1973: New York, Kraus Reprint, 1973.

Bibliographical references: NUC.

2. English, 1897 [Dissertations].
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. | - 1253 - | A Select | Bibliography | Of | Chemistry | 1492-1897. | By | Henry Carrington Bolton. | [ornate rule] | Section VIII.-Academic Disserations. | Washington, D.C. | 1898.

8°: [i]-iv, 1-534 p.

Contents: [i-ii], Title page, verso blank.; iii-iv, "Preface."; 1-444, Text.; 445-534, "Subject Index."

Scarce. In this bibliography, Bolton incorporates the academic disserations related to chemistry published between 1492 and 1897. This forms an eighth section of his Select Bibliography of Chemistry.

Facsimile reprint, 1973: New York, Kraus Reprint, 1973.

Bibliographical references: NUC.

3. English, 1898 [First suppl.].
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. | - 1170 - | A Select | Bibliography | Of | Chemistry | 1492-1897. | By | Henry Carrington Bolton. | [ornate rule] | First Supplement. | Washington, D.C. | 1898.

8°: [i]-ix, [1], 1-489, [1] p.

Contents: [i-ii], Title page, verso blank.; iii, "Contents."; [iv], Blank.; v-vi, "Preface."; vii, `Number Of Title In The Seven Languages."; [viii], Blank.; ix, "Explanation Of Abbreviations And Signs."; [1 pg], Blank.; 1-472, Text.; 473-489, "Subject Index."; [1 pg], Blank.

Scarce. First supplement, following the same format as the initial bibliography, and incorporating additions to bring the bibliography up to 1897.

Facsimile reprint, 1973: New York, Kraus Reprint, 1973.

Bibliographical references: NUC.

4. English, 1903 [2nd Suppl.].
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. | A Select | Bibliography | Of | Chemistry | 1492-1897. | By | Henry Carrington Bolton. | [ornate rule] | Second Supplement. | Washington, D.C. | 1903.

8°: [4], 1-462 p.

Contents: [2 pgs], Title page, verso blank.; [1 pg], "Preface."; [1 pg], Blank.; 1-396, Text.; 397-462, "Subject Index."

Scarce. "... The present work contains titles of books published between 1898 and 1902." Bolton died in 1903 while the volume was in press. It continues the format of his previous Select Bibliography of Chemistry (1893).

Facsimile reprint, 1973: New York, Kraus Reprint, 1973.

Bibliographical references: NUC.

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