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SCHANCK, John Stillwell, educator, born near Freehold, New Jersey. 24 February, 1817. He was graduated at Princeton in 1840, and at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1843, settled in Princeton, and followed the practice of his profession there until 1865. In 1847 he was called to the curatorship of the college museum and to give lectures on anatomy, physiology, and zoology. In 1855-'6 he instructed the senior class in chemistry, and in 1857 he was elected to succeed John Torrey in the professorship. Under his direction the course has been enlarged and extended, and he now (1888) lectures on anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and hygiene. He is a member of various scientific societies, and in 1866 received the degree of LL.D. from Lafayette.
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