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 | edit source]John Griscom was born in Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey on September 27, 1774.[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 1812–28, 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
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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.
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- ^ 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)
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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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