John William Draper
1811–82
English-born American chemist, educator, and historian. Professor of chemistry and natural philosophy, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, 1836–8. Professor of chemistry, University of the City of New York (New York University), 1839; professor of physiology and president of its medical college, 1850. First president of the American Chemical Society. Published on human physiology, and on historical topics such as the intellectual development of Europe, and the conflict between science and religion.
Sources
ANB
DAB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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