Ira Remsen

Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 to March 4, 1927) was an American chemist born in New York City. He founded the chemistry department at Johns Hopkins University, importing the German model of laboratory-based graduate training that reshaped American chemical education, and later served as the university's second president. In his own laboratory Remsen co-discovered saccharin with his student Constantine Fahlberg in 1879, though he was reportedly angered when Fahlberg patented the sweetener without crediting him, and that same year Remsen founded the American Chemical Journal; over his career he supervised roughly one hundred seven doctoral students, many of whom went on to lead chemistry departments of their own.