Boynton, John Farnham, 1811-1890

LC control no.	nr 95032968
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Boynton, John Farnham, 1811-1890 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Boynton, J. F. (John Farnham), 1811-1890 Boynton, Dr. (John Farnham), 1811-1890 Boynton, John F., 1811-1890
Located	Massachusetts Kirtland (Ohio) Syracuse (N.Y.)
Birth date	18110920
Death date	18901020
Place of birth	Bradford (Mass.)
Place of death	Syracuse (N.Y.)
Affiliation	Columbia University Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Profession or occupation	Inventors Geologists Chemists Scientists Authors
Found in	His Dr. J.F. Boynton's lectures, 1850: p. 2 (Dr. Boynton, practical geologist) His The Boynton family, 1897: t.p. (John Farnham Boynton) p. 19, etc. (studied medicine; lecturer on geology, natural history, magnetism, and electricity, throughout U.S.; in Calif. June 1849-1851; settled in Syracuse, N.Y. 1851; inventor, genealogist, chemist, scientist; b. 9/20/1811; d. 10/20/1890) Nauvoo journal, 1996: vol. 8, no. 1, page 3 (John Farnham Boynton; native of Massachusetts; schooled at Columbia University; attended medical school; by age 21 ordained an elder in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and serving first missionary journed in the eastern states and Canada; member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles in Kirtland, Ohio) page 4 (excommunicated from the church 12 April 1838) page 5 (scientific lecturer; late 1840's settled his family in Syracuse, New York and he went west in search of gold in California; returned to Syracuse and became known as a gentleman farmer, scientist, and inventor; died at his home 20 October 1890) Wikipedia, website viewed 6 December 2013 (John F. Boynton; John Farnham Boynton; born in Bradford, Massachusetts, September 20, 1811; American geologist and inventor; attended Columbia University and began medical school in St. Louis, Missouri; one of the original members of the Latter Day Saint movement's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; baptized into The Church of Christ Sepetmber 1832 in Kirtland, Ohio; author)