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William Hypolitus Keating
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William Hypolitus Keating
BIRTH 11 Aug 1799
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
DEATH 10 May 1840 (aged 40)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
BURIAL Old Swedes Churchyard
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
MEMORIAL ID 13703932 ·
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William graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1816.
In 1822, he was appointed as a Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy at that institution.
William accompanied Stephen Harriman Long's second expedition in 1823 as official geologist, and beginning in 1827, he spent three years in mineralogical exploration in Mexico.

William was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1824.
He also studied law and was engaged in a number of business enterprises.
William died in London while negotiating a mortgage loan for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.

William married Elizabeth (Bollman) Keating.
She was the daughter of J. Eric Bollmann and the granddaughter of Col. John Nixon.

Family Members
Parents John Keating1760-1856
Eulalie Le Breton des Chapelles Keating 1774-1803
Siblings John Julius Keating 1798-1824
Children Elizabeth Keating 1835-1835

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