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Hiistorical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe, LL.D.

			

	JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY was born in Windsor, Conn., December 22, 1822. Two 
years later his father, Henry Newberry, removed with his family to Cuyahoga 
Falls. The last-named was a lawyer, a large landholder, and one of the 
Directors of  the Connecticut Land Company, which he founded on land 
inherited from his father, Hon. Roger Newberry. Young Newberry graduated at 
Western Reserve College in 1846, and at Cleveland Medical College in 1848. 
Travelled and studied abroad two years; then practised medicine at 
Cleveland until 1855.
	In May, 1855, he was appointed assistant surgeon and geologist with a 
United States exploring party to Northern California. In 1857-58 he 
accompanied Lieut. Ives in the exploration and navigation of the Colorado 
river. In 1859 he travelled over Southern Colorado, Utah, Nerthern Arizona 
and New Mexico on an exploring expedition, which gathered information of 
great value concerning a hitherto unknown area of country.
	June 14, 1861, although still on duty in the war department, he was 
elected a member of the United States Sanitary Commission. His medical 
knowledge and army experience led to his becoming one of the most important 
members of the Commission. (For a sketch of his valuable service on this 
Commission, during which hospital stores valued at more than five million 
dollars were distributed, and one million soldiers not otherwise provided 
for received food and shelter, see Vol. i "Ohio's Work in United States 
Sanitary Commission.")
	After the war, Dr. Newberry was appointed Professor of Geology and 
Paleontology at the Columbia School of Mines -a position he still holds. In 
1869 he was appointed State Geologist of Ohio, filling this office till the 
close of the survey, making reports on all the counties of the State. The 
results of the survey are embodied in nine volumes, of which six are on 
geology, two on paleontology and one on the zoology of the State, with a 
large number of geological maps. In 1884 he was appointed Paleontologist to 
the United States Geological Survey. In January, 1888, the Geological 
Society of London conferred on him its Murchison medal.
	He is a member of most of the learned societies in this country, and many 
in Europe. He was one of the original incorporators of the National Academy 
of Sciences; has been President of the American Association, for the 
Advancement of Science, and President of the New York Academy of Science 
since 1867, and President of the Torrey Botanical Society. The publications 
of Prof. Newberry are quite numerous, and include, in addition to his 
reports to the United States Government, the State of Ohio, and the 
Sanitary Commission contributions to the scientific journals, and 
transactions of learned societies, of which the titles number nearly two 
hundred.
	

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