George Augustus Hulett (July 15, 1867 – September 6, 1955) was an American physical chemist, notable as scientific liaison to the British government during World War I on the subject of poison gasses in warfare.
His early years were spent on the family's horse and cattle ranch in then-rural Dupage County, Illinois, where he became known as expert in repairing farm machinery.
[3][1][4][5] A 1905 visit to Ann Arbor by Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton University, by chance changed Hulett's future.
Within days, Hulett sailed for Britain as lead chemist on a team of six American scientists led by physicist Joseph Ames, tasked to report back on the technical needs of the British and French allies.
Little more than two months later, when General Pershing and his Allied Expeditionary Force arrived in France, Hulett, turning down a commission in the Army, became a civilian consulting chemist at A.E.F.
Working through students, he continued to publish research results on voltage reference cells, as well as serving on various national committees and as a journal editor, until taking emeritus status in 1935.