Appletons Cyclopaedia Of American Biography Grinnell Lockwood PDF Download

Excerpt from Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 3: Grinnell-Lockwood Griscori, John, educator, b. In Hancock's Bridge, Salem co.. N. J., 27 Sept. 1774; d. In Bur lingtou, N. J., 20 Feb, 1852. His education was acquired at the Friends' academy in Philadelphia. And later he was given charge of the Friends' monthly - meeting school, in Philadelphia, with which he continued for thirteen years. In 1800 he removed to New York, where he was actively en gaged in t'aching for twenty-live years. He was one of the first. To teach chemistry, and gave public lectures on this subject to his classes early in 1806. \vhen the medical department of Queen's (now Rutgers) college was established in 1812, he was appointed to the chair of chemistry and natural history. Which he held until 1828. His colleague. Dr. John W. Francis, said of him that for thirty years Dr. Griscom was the acknowledged head of all teachers of chemistry among us in New York. He was the projector ot' the New York high-school. An institution on the lam taster or monitorial sys tem of Instruction, which had great success from 1825 till 1831, under his supervis'ion. For many years Dr. Criscom's lectures were given in the New York Institution, which had been built in 1795 for an almshouse. Halleck, in his Fanny, thus alludes to the building and its occupants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.