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Abel, John Jacob, 1857-1938
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1857-1938
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John Jacob Abel was born on May 19, 1857, in Cleveland, Ohio.
He was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. He earned his Ph.B. (Bachelor of Philosophy, 1883) from the University of Michigan. He then went to Johns Hopkins University and University of Leipzig and Strasbourg, Germany (M.D., 1888). Abel returned to the University of Michigan as the chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, where he played an important role in developing the first pharmacology department in North America. In 1893, Dr. William Osler of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine asked Abel to come to the school and accept a position of America's first full-time Professor of Pharmacology. During his time at Hopkins, he made several important medical advancements, especially in the field of hormone extraction. In addition to his laboratory work, he founded several significant scientific journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
In 1883, he married Mary H. Hinman (1851–1938). He died on May 28, 1938, in Baltimore, Maryland.
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https://lccn.loc.gov/n82108754