John Locke (naturalist)
John Locke (February 19, 1792 – July 10, 1856) was an American naturalist, professor, photographer, and publisher.[1] He was the first American to exhibit photographs to the public.[2] Locke made a geological survey of Ohio in 1838[1] some of which was included in Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis' Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848).[3]
References
- ^ a b "Locke, John". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: 264–265. 1916.
- ^ Welling, William. Photography in America, page 7
- ^ Barnhart, Terry A. 2005. “Early Accounts of Ohio's Mounds” in Ohio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Cultures by Bradley T Lepper. Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press. p-245
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Locke.
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