from Who's Who in America vol XI page 945
Henry James Finger, an apothecary, chemist; b. San Francisco, Mar, 19, 1853; son of Theodore and
Wilhelmina (Koch); educated public schools; California College of Pharmacy, 1871, 72; married Ella Chase
Huntley, of New Haven, Conn. June 9, 1886. Clerk in drug store, Redwood City, Cal., 1869; removed to Santa
Barbara, 1872. Member California State Board of Pharmacy almost continuously since 1891 (ex-president); author
of California's pharm. law, act regulating sale of poisons; act regulating itinerant vendors of drugs, and
California laws relating to detention and cure of inebriates and drug victims. Appointed by President Taft
delegate International Opium Conference, The Hague, 1911, 12 (member technical committee and signed treaty in
behalf of U. S. Government). Member California Pharmacy Association, Progressive Republican, Unitarian. Author
of numerous papers and published addresses concerning narcotic and other habit-forming drugs; regarded as an
authority on the subjects.