Herbert Newby McCoy

Herbert Newby McCoy (June 29, 1870, Richmond, Indiana – May 7, 1945, Los Angeles, California) was an American chemist who taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Utah and was the vice-president of Lindsay Light & Chemical Company. He contributed numerous papers on physical chemistry, radioactivity and rare earths.

McCoy and his wife-to-be, chemist Ethel Mary Terry, wrote the three-volume set ''Introduction to General Chemistry'' (1919), ''Laboratory outline of General Chemistry'' (1920) and ''Teachers Manual and Notes'' (1920). Provided by Wikipedia