Remsen, Ira ( 10 February 1846–04 March 1927 ), chemist and educator , was born in New York City, the son of James Vanderbilt Remsen, a merchant, and Rosanna Secor. At age fourteen he entered the Free Academy (now the City University of New York), where he emphasized Latin and Greek. He left before graduating and, at the urging of his father, began an apprenticeship to a homeopathic physician and studies in a homeopathic medical school. He found this unsatisfactory and transferred to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, receiving an M.D. in 1867
