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George Gilbert Pond And The Preservation Of Priestley House, Kristen A. Yarmey, Anthony Cianchetta
George Gilbert Pond And The Preservation Of Priestley House, Kristen A. Yarmey, Anthony Cianchetta
Kristen A. Yarmey
Display prepared for the Friends of Priestley House. George Gilbert Pond, a longtime and legendary professor of chemistry at Penn State, saved Priestley House from destruction by purchasing it at an auction in 1919. Since then, Penn State chemists have played a role in ensuring its long term preservation. Graphic design by Anthony Cianchetta. Photos courtesy of the Penn State University Archives and the Friends of Priestley House.