Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Barff, Frederick Settle
BARFF, Frederick Settle, M.A., Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, was born at Hackney, Oct. 6, 1823, and educated at Hackney Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was appointed the first Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Academy of Arts, and held that appointment for eight years. Cardinal Manning nominated him to the Professorship of Chemistry in the Catholic University College at Kensington, and in 1873 or thereabouts he was appointed Examiner in Chemistry to the Natural Sciences Tripos in the University of Cambridge. He has written an "Introduction to Scientific Chemistry"; an elementary book on Chemistry; and a series of articles on the "New Theories of Chemistry," in the Student and Intelleetual Observer. He has invented a process for the preservation of iron from rust by the use of superheated steam; also a compound of glycerine and boracic acid, which he calls "Boroglycerine," for the preservation of food and other organic substances, and as a general antiseptic. An article by him on his "New Antiseptic Compound for the Preservation of Food" appeared in the Month for May, 1882.