Samuel St. John
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Born January 1, 1813
Died January 1, 1876 (63 years old)
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Samuel St. John, science professor, proponent of natural history, and newspaper publisher during his short time in the Cleveland area in the mid-1800s, was born in New Canaan, Conn. He graduated as valedictorian from Yale in 1834, and in 1839 became professor of chemistry, geology, and mineralogy at Western Reserve College in Hudson, teaching biology as well. When the college established its Medical Dept. in Cleveland in 1843, St. John was appointed to oversee the awarding of degrees by the medical faculty, becoming professor of chemistry, natural history, and medical jurisprudence at the Medical College.
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An introductory address, delivered at the opening of the annual course of lectures of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the city of New York, October 19th, 1857
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Elements of geology
J. L. Comstock, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Miller, William J., Page, David, Samuel St. John, Elisha Mitchell, Charles Lyell, Joseph Le Conte
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