Edwin Emery Slosson (1865- ) was an American editor and author; also a chemist. He was born at Albany, Kans., and was educated at the University of Kansas (B.S., 1890; M.S., 1892) and at the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1902). From 1891 to 1903 he was professor of chemistry at the University of Wyoming, and chemist at the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station. He was connected with the Independent thereafter as literary or managing editor. From 1912 he was associate on the faculty of the school of journalism, Columbia University. Professor Slosson published: Great American Universities (1910); Major Prophets of To-Day (1914), and many magazine articles on matters, scientific and literary. The University of Kansas (often referred to as just KU or Kansas) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyomings high plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2194m), between the Laramie and Medicine Bow mountain ranges. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ...