John William Draper
<s>John William Draper (St Helens, 5. 5. 1811. – Hastings-on-Hudson, 4. 1. 1882), englesko-američki kemičar, fotograf i historičar.</s><s>Zaslužan je za izradu prve jasne fotografije ženskog lica (1839/1840) i prve detaljne fotografije Mjeseca (1840).</s><s>Obnašao je dužnost predsjednika Američkog kemijskog društva (1876–1877) i utemeljio je Medicinsku školu na Univerzitetu New York.</s><s>U jednom od svojih djela popularizirao je ideju konfliktne teze tj. neprijateljskog odnosa religije i nauke.</s><s>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.</s>

<s>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.</s><s>History of the American Civil War.</s><s>New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–70.</s><s>History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science.</s><s>New York: D. Appleton, 1874.</s><s>History of the Intellectual Development of Europe.</s><s>New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863.</s><s>Human Physiology, Statistical and Dynamical ili The Conditions and Course of the Life of Man, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.</s><s>Life of Franklin (ur.</s><s>Ronald S. Wilkinson), Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977.</s><s>Draper, John William. (1875).</s><s>History of the Conflict between Religion and Science.</s><s>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.</s><s>Scientific Memoirs; Being Experimental Contributions to a Knowledge of Radiant Energy, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878.</s><s>Text-Book on Chemistry.</s><s>For the Use of Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.</s><s>Text-Book on Natural Philosophy, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847.</s><s>Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America, 3. izd.</s><s>New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867.</s><s>Treatise on the Forces Which Produce the Organization of Plants, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844.</s>

<s>Literatura</s>

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

<s>Engleski hemičari
Engleski fotografi
Engleski historičari
Američki hemičari
Američki fotografi
Američki historičari
Agnostici
Sekularni humanisti</s>

