Walter Daniel Bonner, son of James Toy and Ida May Davison Bonner, was born in Osceola, Nebraska on 27 October 1878. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1906 and went on to Princeton for further study. He completed his master's degree from Princeton in 1908. In 1909 Bonner became a lecturer in chemistry at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He married Grace Amber Gaylord that same year. Together they had 7 children, several of whom also went into the sciences. James Frederick (d. 1996), Lyman Gaylord (d. 2002), Priscilla, David Mahlon(d. 1964), Robert Nelson, Walter Daniel, Jr., and Francis Truesdale. In 1915 the family left Canada so Bonner could assume the duties as head of the University of Utah's chemistry department. He held that position until 1946. Bonner published Qualitative Analysis Without Hydrogen Sulphide, was a consulting chemist for the United States Bureau of Mines, and was a member of various organizations. Walter Bonner died on 3 January 1956.
Walter Daniel Bonner, son of James Toy and Ida May Davison Bonner, was born in Osceola, Nebraska on 27 October 1878. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1906 and went on to Princeton for further study. He completed his master's degree from Princeton in 1908. In 1909 Bonner became a lecturer in chemistry at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He married Grace Amber Gaylord that same year. Together they had 7 children, several of whom also went into the sciences. James Frederick (d. 1996), Lyman Gaylord (d. 2002), Priscilla, David Mahlon(d. 1964), Robert Nelson, Walter Daniel, Jr., and Francis Truesdale. In 1915 the family left Canada so Bonner could assume the duties as head of the University of Utah's chemistry department. He held that position until 1946. Bonner published Qualitative Analysis Without Hydrogen Sulphide, was a consulting chemist for the United States Bureau of Mines, and was a member of various organizations. Walter Bonner died on 3 January 1956.
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