John William Draper
John William Draper (St Helens, 5. 5. 1811. – Hastings-on-Hudson, 4. 1. 1882), englesko-američki kemičar, fotograf i historičar. Zaslužan je za izradu prve jasne fotografije ženskog lica (1839/1840) i prve detaljne fotografije Mjeseca (1840). Obnašao je dužnost predsjednika Američkog kemijskog društva (1876–1877) i utemeljio je Medicinsku školu na Univerzitetu New York. U jednom od svojih djela popularizirao je ideju konfliktne teze tj. neprijateljskog odnosa religije i nauke. Njegov sin Henry Draper i unuka Antonia Maury bili su astronomi, njena mlađa sestra Carlotta Maury paleontolog, a njegov najstariji sin John Christopher Draper kemičar.

Opus 
 Elements of Chemistry, Including the Most Recent Discoveries and Applications of the Science to Medicine and Pharmacy, and to the Arts (koautor: Robert Kane), New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842.
 History of the American Civil War. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–70.
 History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science. New York: D. Appleton, 1874.
 History of the Intellectual Development of Europe. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863.
 Human Physiology, Statistical and Dynamical ili The Conditions and Course of the Life of Man, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.
 Life of Franklin (ur. Ronald S. Wilkinson), Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977.
 Draper, John William. (1875). History of the Conflict between Religion and Science. Henry S. King & Co; preštampao Cambridge University Press, 2009; 
 Science in America: Inaugural address of Dr. John W. Draper, as president of the American Chemical Society, New York: J.F. Trow & Son, Printers, 1876.
 Scientific Memoirs; Being Experimental Contributions to a Knowledge of Radiant Energy, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878.
 Text-Book on Chemistry. For the Use of Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.
 Text-Book on Natural Philosophy, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847.
 Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America, 3. izd. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867.
 Treatise on the Forces Which Produce the Organization of Plants, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844.

Literatura 

 Barker, George Frederick (1886). Memoir of John William Draper: 1811–1882. Washington, D.C.
 Fleming, Donald (1950). John William Draper and the Religion of Science. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
 Hentschel, Klaus (2002). Why not one more Imponderable?: John William Draper and his Tithonic rays, "Foundations of Chemistry" 4,1, str. 5-59.
 Miller, Lillian B., Frederick Voss, and Jeannette M. Hussey (1972). The Lazzaroni: Science and Scientists in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press

Engleski hemičari
Engleski fotografi
Engleski historičari
Američki hemičari
Američki fotografi
Američki historičari
Agnostici
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