Cache County UT Archives Biographies.....Greaves, Joseph E. 1880 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 14, 2012, 1:41 am Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher JOSEPH E. GREAVES. Joseph E. Greaves, who since 1912 has been professor of bacteriology and physiological chemistry in the Utah Agricultural College at Logan, was born November 2, 1880, in the city which is still his home. He is a son of Joseph C. and Catherine M. (Eames) Greaves, and is descended from English and Welsh ancestry. His grandparents in the paternal line were Joseph and Priscilla (Sulley) Greaves. The former was born in Liverpool, England, February 22, 1832, and on the 21st of February, 1853, left that country as a convert to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He arrived in Utah on the 30th of September, having assisted in driving cattle the whole trip of thirteen hundred miles across the plains. He was a tailor by trade and for three years lived at Salt Lake City, after which he removed to Provo, where he again followed his trade. In 1862 he became a resident of Logan, where he worked as a stone mason on the temple. In 1881 he was called to fill a mission to England, where he labored for three years. He held many positions in the church and was a member of the high council at the time of his death. With all activities and projects for the public welfare and the upbuilding of his section of the state he was closely associated and he passed away in 1904. The maternal grandfather of Professor Greaves was David Eames, a native of Wales. The father of Professor Greaves was born in Provo, Utah, December 1, 1858, and passed away in 1883. The mother was born in Logan on the 22d of September, 1855, and still resides there. Joseph E. Greaves pursued his preparatory education in the Utah Agricultural College and won his degree of Bachelor of Science from that institution in 1904. He afterward became a student in the University of Illinois, which conferred upon him the Master of Science degree in 1908, and in 1911 he was graduated from the University of California with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He held the Thompson Fellowship in the University of California in 1910 and 1911 and at every available opportunity he has broadened his knowledge through college training as well as by individual investigation and research. In 1904 he was appointed to the position of assistant chemist at the Utah Experiment Station, where he remained until 1909, and during the last year of his connection with the station he was associate chemist. He occupied the position of professor of chemistry in the Utah Agricultural College from 1908 until 1911 and in the latter year became associate professor of physiological chemistry and bacteriology, while in 1912 he was promoted to the full professorship. His investigations and researches have been given to the world through various articles which have appeared in scientific journals, bulletins and other publications. He was the junior author of an article on the Milling Qualities of Utah Wheat, published in the Utah Experiment Station Bulletin, No. 103. His authorship includes: "Effects of Soluble Salts on Insoluble Phosphates," published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume VII; "The Influence of Chlorine on the Determination of Nitric Nitrogen," published in the Journal of the American Chemistry Society; "The Production and Movement of Nitric Nitrogen in Soil;" "Distribution of the Nitrogen' of Wheat Between the Flour, Bran and Shorts," which appeared in the Journal of Agricultural Science, Volume IV, in 1912; "The Retractive Indices of Solutions of Certain Proteins Pertaining to Gliadin," published im the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 1911; "Some Factors Influencing the Quantitative Determination of Gliadin," appearing in the University of California Publication in Physiology in 1911; "Some Factors Influencing the Quantitative Determination of Gliadin," which article appeared in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 1911; "The Movement of Nitric Nitrogen in Soil and its Relation to Nitrogen Fixation," published by the Utah Experiment Station in Bulletin No. 114 in 1911; "The Influence of Chlorine on the Determination of Nitrates by the Phenoldisulphonic Acid Method," appearing in the Journal of the American Chemistry Society in 1913; "Some Factors Influencing the Quantitative Determination of Arsenic in Soils," published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 1913; "Some Factors Influencing the Quantitative Determination of Arsenic in Soils," published in the Original Communication of the Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry, Volume XV; "Some Factors Influencing Ammoniflcation and Nitrification in Soils," published in 1913; "The Occurrence of Arsenic in Soils," published in the Biochemical Bulletin of 1913; "The Influence of Arsenic upon the Biological Transformations of Nitrogen in Soils," published in the Biochemical Bulletin, Volume III, in 1913; "The Influence of Arsenic upon the Nitrogen-fixing Powers of the Soil," published in the Centr. fur Bakt in 1914; "The Influence of Arsenic on the Bacterial Activities of the Soil," published in the Scientific Monthly in 1917; "Stimulating Influence of Arsenic upon the Nitrogen-fixing Organisms of the Soil," published in the Journal of Agricultural Research in 1916; "A Study of Bacterial Activities of Virgin and Cultivated Soils," appearing in Centr. fur Bakt in 1914; "Influence of Barnyard Manure and Water on the Bacterial Activities of the Soil," published in the Journal of Agricultural Research in 1916; "Influence of Crop, Season and Water on the Bacterial Activities of the Soil," appearing in the Journal of Agricultural Research in 1917; "The Influence of Salts on the Bacterial Activities of the Soil," published in Science, Volume II, in 1916; "Nitrous Nitrogen in Irrigated Soils," appearing in Soil Science in 1917; "Some Factors Influencing the Quantitative Determination of Nitric Nitrogen in the Soil," appearing in Soil Science in 1917. The foregoing list indicates the breadth and scope of his researches and studies and indicate how valuable has been the knowledge that he has disseminated through his published writings. He has passed beyond the point which the great majority have attained and has reached a place of leadership in his particular field of scientific research. On the 10th of June, 1907, in Logan, Utah, Professor Greaves was married to Miss Pernecy Dudley, who passed away on the 9th of May, 1913. Their children are: Joseph Dudley, born May 18, 1908; Florence Dudley, born July 2, 1909; Pernecy Dudley, January 26, 1913; Vera Dudley, November 29, 1914; and Mary Oretta, born May 20, 1917. Dr. Greaves has many attractive social attributes which have gained him wide friendship both within and outside of scientific circles. His activities, however, have centered along the line of scientific work and investigation and he has never been a club man, confining his membership relations to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society of American Bacteriologists and the American Chemical Society. Additional Comments: Extracted from UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/cache/bios/greaves72gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/utfiles/ File size: 7.8 Kb