John Griscom
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| Born | September 27, 1774 Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey |
| Died | February 26, 1852 (aged 77) Burlington, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Educator |
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| Children | John H. Griscom |
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John Griscom (September 27, 1774 – February 26, 1852) was an early American lecturer and educator, and one of the first American educators to teach chemistry.
He was the father of John H. Griscom, (1809–1874), a leading physician.
Biography
[edit]John Griscom was born on September 27, 1774, in the Hancock's Bridge section of Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey.[1][2]
He was active as an Evangelical Quaker, which led to his leadership of the movement to reform penitentiaries.[3]
He taught at Queens College (now Rutgers University) from 1812 to 1828, and at Columbia College. He founded New York's first anti-poverty organization, the New York Society for the Prevention of Pauperism.[4][5] He also opened the New York High School in 1825, the first monitorial system school in New York.[6][7][8] In 1836, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.[9]
He died in Burlington, New Jersey, on February 26, 1852.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. X. J. T. White Company. 1900. pp. 510–511. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Google Books.
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- Griscom, John Hoskins. Memoir of John Griscom, LL. D., Late Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy: With an Account of the New York High School; Society for the Prevention of Pauperism; the House of Refuge; and Other Institutions (R. Carter and brothers, 1859). online
- ↑ Christopher Adamson, "Evangelical Quakerism and the Early American Penitentiary Revisited: The Contributions of Thomas Eddy, Roberts Vaux, John Griscom, Stephen Grellet, Elisha Bates, and Isaac Hopper." Quaker history 90.2 (2001): 35-58.
- ↑ "archives.nypl.org -- John Griscom correspondence". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ Garb, Maggie (October 16, 2012). "A Poverty of Empathy". In These Times. ISSN 0160-5992. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 3, p. 2 (1888)
- ↑ John Griscom correspondence 1804-1851, nypl.org, Retrieved 12 November 2013
- ↑ Gifford, Walter John. Historical Development of the New York State High School System, p. 22-24 (1922)
- ↑ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Griscom, John Hoskins. Memoir of John Griscom, LL. D., Late Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy: With an Account of the New York High School; Society for the Prevention of Pauperism; the House of Refuge; and Other Institutions (R. Carter and brothers, 1859). online
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