Home › Authors › J. Howard Mathews 👤 J. Howard Mathews b. 1881 – d. 1970 · 1 book Biography Joseph Howard Mathews was an American physical chemist, university professor, and expert on firearm identification. Mathews was Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for 33 years (1919–1952). Books by J. Howard Mathews A study of compressibility, an A study of compressibility, and its relation to various other physical properties of certain organic compounds 1908