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]
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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) |
Biography
editJohn 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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