i ▁Category : New ▁Ham pshire ▁state ▁sen ators ▁Category : New ▁Ham pshire ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁just ices <0x0A> </s> ▁Win th rop ▁John ▁Van ▁Le u ven ▁O ster h out ▁( August ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁– ▁April ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 6 4 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁botan ist . ▁ ▁O ster h out ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Brook lyn , ▁New ▁York , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Re ver end ▁John ▁Van ▁Le u ven ▁O ster h out , ▁a ▁Bapt ist ▁minister , ▁and ▁An nie ▁Lor ant he ▁B eman . ▁His ▁mother ▁and ▁infant ▁sister ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁leaving ▁his ▁father ▁to ▁raise ▁him ▁alone . ▁However , ▁this ▁proved ▁difficult ▁and ▁so ▁Win th rop ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁his ▁grand m other ▁in ▁Baltimore ▁to ▁raise ▁until ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁eight . ▁His ▁father ▁having ▁rem ar ried , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁John ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁in ▁Prov idence , ▁Rh ode ▁Island . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁he ▁entered ▁Brown ▁University ▁where ▁he ▁developed ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁bot any . ▁He ▁joined ▁the ▁staff ▁of ▁Brown ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁where ▁he ▁taught ▁bot any ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁and ▁graduated ▁with ▁an ▁M . A . ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 . ▁He ▁studied ▁at ▁Bonn , ▁Germany ▁for ▁a ▁year , ▁then ▁returned ▁home ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁and ▁moved