John Francis Woodhull

1857 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Francis Woodhull
  Birth	2 Jul 1857
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I19592	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Rev. John Alpheus Woodhull,   b. 30 Oct 1825   d. 1 Feb 1902 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Joanna Brown,   b. 19 Sep 1825, Rocky Point, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 12 Sep 1887, Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	20 Jul 1853
  Family ID	F7924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minnie Ellen Hinkley,   b. 16 Jun 1867, Thetford, Orange, Vermont, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	2 Apr 1886
  Children	1. Mildred Woodhull,   b. 6 Jun 1887   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hazel Woodhull,   b. 5 Jan 1890   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Richard Woodhull,   b. 5 Nov 1903   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH L. JOHN FRANCIS WOODHULL, (Ph. D.), eighth generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the third son of the Rev. John Alpheus Woodhull and Frances Greene. He was born July 2nd, 1857. Was graduated from Yale in the Class of 1880. Teacher in High School, Bloomfield, N. J., 1880-1882. Page 356 Principal of High School, Chicopee, Mass., 1882-1885. Student in Summer School, Harvard University, chemistry and physics, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1892. Student in chemistry and physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1885-86. Teacher of Science in State Normal School, New Paltz, N. Y., 1886-7. Professor of Physical Science, Columbia University, 1888. Lecturer, National Summer School, 18881891. Lecturer Martha's Vineyard Summer School, 1890. Lecturer Chautauqua Summer School, 1894. Received Degree of Ph. D. from Columbia University, 1899. Professor of Physical Science, Columbia University. Chairman of Division of Science, Teachers' College, Columbia University. Member of the Columbia University Council. Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of New York Academy of Sciences. International Examiner, Young Men's Christian Association. Acting President, Teachers' College, Columbia University, April to July, 1894. Chairman of Faculty Teachers' College, Columbia University, September to January, 1897. Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. PUBLICATIONS. 1. Home-made Apparatus. Popular Science Monthly, 1889. 2. Simple Experiments for the School Room, E. L. Kellogg & Co., 1889. 3. Academic Syllabus for Physics and Chemistry, Regents' Bulletin, No. 5, 1891. 4. Selection and Use of Apparatus, Regents' Bulletin, No. 6. Part III, 1891. 5. Object Lessons, with David Salmon, Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. 6. First Course in Science, Henry Holt & Co., 1893. 7. Educational Value of Natural Science, Educational Review, 1895. 8. Manual of Home-made Apparatus, E. L. Kellogg & Co., 1895. 9. Systematic Work in Nature Study, Regents' Bulletin, No. 36, 1898. 10. The Proper Use of Laboratory, Library and Lecture in Teaching Physical Science in Secondary Schools, Regents' Bulletin, No. 42, 1897. 11. Physics. New York Teachers' Monograph, 1898. 12. Chemical Experiments, A Laboratory Manual, with M. B. Van Arsdale, Henry Holt & Co., 1899. 13. Physics. A Text-Book, with C. Hanford Henderson, D. Appleton & Co., 1900. 14. Physical Experiments, A Laboratory Manual, with M. B. Van Arsdale, D. Appleton & Co., 1900. 15. Suggestions to Teachers, D. Appleton & Co., 1902. 16. Chemistry and Physics in the Horace Mann High School, Teachers' College Record, Vol. III, No. 2, Columbia University Press, 1902. Page 357 He married, April 2, 1886, Minnie Ellen, daughter of John S. Hinkley, of Chicopee, Mass. They had three children. (See Genealogy, No. 654.)