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. 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.[1][2] He also opened the New York High School in 1825, the first monitorial system school in New York.[3][4][5]

Memoir of John Griscom (1859)

References
  1. "archives.nypl.org -- John Griscom correspondence". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
  2. Garb, Maggie (2012-10-16). "A Poverty of Empathy". In These Times. ISSN 0160-5992. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
  3. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 3, p. 2 (1888)
  4. John Griscom correspondence 1804-1851, nypl.org, Retrieved 12 November 2013
  5. Gifford, Walter John. Historical Development of the New York State High School System, p. 22-24 (1922)



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