John Isaiah Northrop
John Isaiah Northrop, Ph.D. (12 October 1861 – 27 June 1891) was an American zoologist at Columbia University.
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| Born | October 12, 1861 New York City, United States |
| Died | June 27, 1891 |
| Occupation | Zoologist |
| Spouse | Alice Belle Rich |
| Parent(s) | John Isaiah Northrop and Mary Rosina Havemeyer |
| Relatives | See Havemeyer family |
Biography
John I. Northrop was born in New York City. He was named after his father, John Isaiah Northrop, a pharmacist. His mother, Mary R. Havemeyer, was a sister of Frederic Christian Havemeyer, a graduate of Columbia College, after whom Havemeyer Hall is named. His father died when he was two years old. Northrop studied for some years at a private school in New Windsor, New York, then at the Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, in which he prepared for the Columbia School of Mines. He graduated in 1884, with the degree of Engineer of Mines.[1]
On June 28, 1889, he married Alice Belle Rich,[2] at the time professor in Botany at the Hunter College. In 1891, almost exactly two years after his marriage, Dr. Northrop was killed in a laboratory explosion at the Columbia School of Mines. His only child, John Howard Northrop (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1946), was born nine days after his father's death.[3]
Works
- (1887). Plant Notes from Temiscouata County, Canada.
- (1888). Histology of Hoya Carnosa.
- (1888). Fossil Leaves from Bridgeton, New Jersey.
- (1910). A Naturalist in the Bahamas.[4]
References
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1910). "Introduction" to A Naturalist in the Bahamas. The Columbia University Press, pages xi–xv.
- "Northrop, Alice Rich, 1864-1922. Papers, 1884-1916: A Finding Aid," Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Harvard University Library.
- Robbins, Frederick C. (1991). "John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891-May 27, 1987)," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 135, Number 2, page 314.
- "Review of A Naturalist in the Bahamas by John I. Northrop, edited with an introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn". Botanical Gazette. 50: 390–391. 1910.
