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John Locke (naturalist)
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John Locke | |
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| Born | February 19, 1792 Lempster, New Hampshire, US |
| Died | July 10, 1856 (aged 64) Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
| Education | Yale School of Medicine |
| Occupation(s) | Naturalist, professor, photographer, publisher |
| Spouse |
Mary Morris (m. 1825) |
John Locke (February 19, 1792 – July 10, 1856) was an American naturalist, professor, photographer, and publisher.[1] He was the first American to exhibit photographs to the public.[2]
Biography
[edit]John Locke was born in Lempster, New Hampshire on February 19, 1792. He graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1818, but gave up medical practice in favor of teaching.[1]
He married Mary Morris on October 25, 1825.[1]
Locke made a geological survey of Ohio in 1838,[1] some of which was included in Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis' Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848).[3] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1844.[4]
He died in Cincinnati on July 10, 1856.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XV. New York: James T. White and Company. 1916. pp. 264–265. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Welling, William. Photography in America, p. 7
- ^ Barnhart, Terry A. 2005. "Early Accounts of Ohio's Mounds" in Ohio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Cultures by Bradley T Lepper. Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press. p. 245
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ "Death of Professor John Locke, of Cincinnati". Evansville Journal. July 15, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Locke.
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