John S. Hougham
John S. Hougham | |
|---|---|
Abraham C. Shortridge | |
| Succeeded by | Emerson E. White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 28, 1821 |
| Died | March 31, 1894 (aged 72) |
John Scherer Hougham (28 May 1821 – 31 March 1894), was
Abraham C. Shortridge and Emerson E. White.[1]
Hougham first graduated from
solar compass).[4] "Hougham Street" in Franklin, IN, adjacent to the Franklin College campus, was named to honor one of the city's most illustrious residents.[5]
After those appointments, he was Chairman of Philosophy and Agriculture at
Agricultural Chemistry at Purdue University (1872 – 1876),[6] serving in those early years of Purdue’s history as an academic "handyman" — and for a time acting President during parts of 1874, '75, and '76 — to John Purdue
and the founding Trustees, visiting other universities around the country in search of new ideas and faculty to bring back to his native Indiana. Around 1876, he returned to Kansas State where he spent the remaining years of his academic career.
Notes
- ^ Topping, Robert W. (10-1-1988) A Century and Beyond: The History of Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press. p63, p383.
- ^ Wabash College Archives, John S. Hougham Manuscript Collection. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
- ^ Indiana School Journal, April 1860 V(4):147. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
- ^ Virtual Museum of Surveying. Retrieved September 26, 2007
- ^ Google Maps Street View image. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ A History of Physics at Purdue. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
Additional Sources
- Presidents of Purdue University (Acting included). [Retrieved October 28, 2022]
- Presidents of Purdue University (Acting omitted). [Retrieved October 28, 2022]
- Rittenhouse Journal index. Elgin, Richard L. 1993. "John S. Hougham and the Early History of the Solar Compass." Rittenhouse: The Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise 7(28):117-121. [Retrieved October 28, 2022]
- Davis, Michael J. 2012. "John S. Hougham's Solar Compass." Hoosier Surveyor 38(4):16-17. [Retrieved October 28, 2022] This article describes one of Hougham's solar compasses owned by the Johnson County Museum in Franklin, Indiana.
- The Hougham/Huffam Family Tree. "John Scherer Hougham - Developer of the solar compass" by RICHARD L ELGIN, PHD, LS, PE, ELGIN SURVEYING & ENGINEERING, NC. [Retrieved August 18, 2016]