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John Griscom

John Griscom was an early American lecturer and educator, and one of the first American educators to teach chemistry.

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John Griscom
Born(1774-09-27)September 27, 1774
Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey
DiedFebruary 26, 1852(1852-02-26) (aged 77)
Burlington, New Jersey
OccupationEducator
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ChildrenJohn 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

John Griscom was born on September 27, 1774, in the Hancock's Bridge section of Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey.12

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.45 He also opened the New York High School in 1825, the first monitorial system school in New York.678 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

References

  1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. X. J. T. White Company. 1900. pp. 510–511. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. * 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
  3. 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.
  4. "archives.nypl.org -- John Griscom correspondence". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. Garb, Maggie (October 16, 2012). "A Poverty of Empathy". In These Times. ISSN 0160-5992. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  6. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 3, p. 2 (1888)
  7. John Griscom correspondence 1804-1851, nypl.org, Retrieved 12 November 2013
  8. Gifford, Walter John. Historical Development of the New York State High School System, p. 22-24 (1922)
  9. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
Further reading

Further reading

  • 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