Quotes:Draper, John William

Zirkoff, Boris

Draper, John William. American scientist and author, b. at St. Helens, May 5, 1811; d. at Hastings, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1882. Educated at Univ, of London and Univ, of Pennsylvania where he attended the Medical School, 1835-36. Elected to medical professorship in New York Univ, where he also taught chemistry for many years. Greatly interested in photo-chemistry, he improved Daguerre’s process and was among the first to take portraits by light. Draper was responsible in great measure for the prominence of New York city as a center of medical education. Chief works: Treatise on Chemistry (1846).—History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1863).—*History of the Conflict between Religion and Science (1874), a work greatly valued by H.P.B.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 502

Draper, John William (1811-82). *History of the Conflict between Religion and Science. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1874. xxii, 373 pp.; 3rd ed., 1875; 5th ed., 1875, etc.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 645

Draper, John William. American scientist, b. May 5, 1811, at St. Helen’s near Liverpool; d. Jan. 4, 1882, at Hastings, N.Y. Studied at Woodhouse Grove, Univ, of London, and the Medical School of the Univ, of Penna., 1835-36; elected Med. Prof., N.Y. University, 1837; Prof, of Chemistry, 1839; Prof. N.Y. School of Medicine, 1840-50; President of that School, 1850-73, and Prof, of Chern, until 1881. Made important researches in photo-chemistry. Among the first ones to take human portrait by light, made possible by his improvements on Daguerre’s process. Responsible to a great extent for prominence of N.Y.C. as center of medical education. Works: A Treatise on the Forces which Produce the Organization in Plants, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1844.—A Text Book on Chemistry, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1846, etc.—*History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, 1863; 5th ed., N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1869.—History of the Conflict between Religion and Science, N.Y., D. Appleton & Co., 1875, etc.—Scientific Memoirs, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1878, 8vo.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 432