John Griscom

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.

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
Employer

Biography

John Griscom was born in Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey on September 27, 1774.[1]

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.[2][3] He also opened the New York High School in 1825, the first monitorial system school in New York.[4][5][6]

He died in Burlington, New Jersey on February 26, 1852.[1]

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


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