In his time, a well-known, respected man of letters.
Physician - Author
James Davenport Whelpley was the son of Rev Philip M Whelpley (pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church in New York City). His paternal grandfather was Rev Samuel Whelpley, an eminent theologian of the 1700s. Abigail Fitch Davenport was his mother (a descendant of the first minister of New Haven, CT, Rev John Davenport, 1638).
James Whelpley was born in New York City, 23 Jan 1817. He matriculated at Yale Collage of New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1837. He then went to Pennsylvania and for two years he was an assistant in Professor Henry D Rogers' Geological Survey. Returning he studied medicine, first at Pittsfield then at New Haven, graduating from the Yale Medical Department in 1842. He remained in New Haven until 1846, engaged in the study of the sciences, literature and philosophy.
Whelpley then went to Brooklyn, NY, and began to practice medicine but was soon obliged to relinquish it from ill-health. In 1847, he removed to New York and became the editor, and one of the owners, of the American Whig Review, to which he had been a frequent contributor from 1845, continuing till 1852
He initiated a project to establish a commercial colony in Honduras, to benefit both Honduras and the US. In furtherance of this enterprise he spent two years in San Francisco purchasing and editing one of the daily papers there. James obtained various grants of land from the Honduran Government to develop the natural resources. The project began building steamers and barges for navigating the Honduran rivers, bringing in a large number of emigrants for the proposed colony.
However his preparations were thwarted by William Walker filibustering in Honduras (Filibuster William Walker organized a private military to establish English-speaking colonies in Latin America under his control). Upon arriving again in Honduras, Walker had Whelpley arrested and detained for nearly a year, enduring great privation and being pressed into service as a surgeon. Escaping Honduras in December 1855, Whelpley reached California and abandoned this project.
He returned early in 1857 to New York and again devoted himself to literature and to scientific pursuits. Dr WhelpIey's publications show an original thinker. His scientific researches were chiefly in physics and metallurgy. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in November 1866. Professor Rogers introduced him to the members as "a gentleman second to none in intellectual and scientific ability."
For the last ten years of his life he was a great sufferer from asthma, which gradually developed into tuberculosis (called consumption at that time) from which he died at his residence in Boston, 15 April 1872.
Whelpley married twice; first, 3 Jan 1848, to Miss Anna M Wells, of Roxbury, Massachusetts who died 29 July 1859, leaving one daughter, Anna Vincent. His second wife was Miss Mary L Breed, of Norfolk, Virginia, whom he married 19 Sep 1861. They had three children: James Davenport, Mary Taylor, and Philip Breed.
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Dr Whelpley's eldest son was cremated in Kensington, England. Grave site not yet located.
James Davenport Whelpley
Birth: 24 JUN 1863 • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death: 18 MAR 1948 • Kensington, London, England
Construction, cowboy, miner, rancher, news correspondent and editor in Montana, 1883-1893. Editor San Antonio (Texas) Express, 1894-1897. Staff correspondent Kansas City Star, acting as war correspondent during Spanish-American War, 1897-1900.
Sent abroad by United States Government on 11 special missions, 1900-1912, and traveled to practically every country of the world.
The junior Mr Whelpley wrote at least 5 books and over 45 articles. In World War I he was in military intelligence.
His mother was Mary Louise Breed Whelpley Storer. The junior James Davenport Whelpley was married twice. Winnifred Rose Page, then Margaret Frances _____.
Physician - Author
James Davenport Whelpley was the son of Rev Philip M Whelpley (pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church in New York City). His paternal grandfather was Rev Samuel Whelpley, an eminent theologian of the 1700s. Abigail Fitch Davenport was his mother (a descendant of the first minister of New Haven, CT, Rev John Davenport, 1638).
James Whelpley was born in New York City, 23 Jan 1817. He matriculated at Yale Collage of New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1837. He then went to Pennsylvania and for two years he was an assistant in Professor Henry D Rogers' Geological Survey. Returning he studied medicine, first at Pittsfield then at New Haven, graduating from the Yale Medical Department in 1842. He remained in New Haven until 1846, engaged in the study of the sciences, literature and philosophy.
Whelpley then went to Brooklyn, NY, and began to practice medicine but was soon obliged to relinquish it from ill-health. In 1847, he removed to New York and became the editor, and one of the owners, of the American Whig Review, to which he had been a frequent contributor from 1845, continuing till 1852
He initiated a project to establish a commercial colony in Honduras, to benefit both Honduras and the US. In furtherance of this enterprise he spent two years in San Francisco purchasing and editing one of the daily papers there. James obtained various grants of land from the Honduran Government to develop the natural resources. The project began building steamers and barges for navigating the Honduran rivers, bringing in a large number of emigrants for the proposed colony.
However his preparations were thwarted by William Walker filibustering in Honduras (Filibuster William Walker organized a private military to establish English-speaking colonies in Latin America under his control). Upon arriving again in Honduras, Walker had Whelpley arrested and detained for nearly a year, enduring great privation and being pressed into service as a surgeon. Escaping Honduras in December 1855, Whelpley reached California and abandoned this project.
He returned early in 1857 to New York and again devoted himself to literature and to scientific pursuits. Dr WhelpIey's publications show an original thinker. His scientific researches were chiefly in physics and metallurgy. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in November 1866. Professor Rogers introduced him to the members as "a gentleman second to none in intellectual and scientific ability."
For the last ten years of his life he was a great sufferer from asthma, which gradually developed into tuberculosis (called consumption at that time) from which he died at his residence in Boston, 15 April 1872.
Whelpley married twice; first, 3 Jan 1848, to Miss Anna M Wells, of Roxbury, Massachusetts who died 29 July 1859, leaving one daughter, Anna Vincent. His second wife was Miss Mary L Breed, of Norfolk, Virginia, whom he married 19 Sep 1861. They had three children: James Davenport, Mary Taylor, and Philip Breed.
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Dr Whelpley's eldest son was cremated in Kensington, England. Grave site not yet located.
James Davenport Whelpley
Birth: 24 JUN 1863 • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death: 18 MAR 1948 • Kensington, London, England
Construction, cowboy, miner, rancher, news correspondent and editor in Montana, 1883-1893. Editor San Antonio (Texas) Express, 1894-1897. Staff correspondent Kansas City Star, acting as war correspondent during Spanish-American War, 1897-1900.
Sent abroad by United States Government on 11 special missions, 1900-1912, and traveled to practically every country of the world.
The junior Mr Whelpley wrote at least 5 books and over 45 articles. In World War I he was in military intelligence.
His mother was Mary Louise Breed Whelpley Storer. The junior James Davenport Whelpley was married twice. Winnifred Rose Page, then Margaret Frances _____.
In his time, a well-known, respected man of letters.
Physician - Author
James Davenport Whelpley was the son of Rev Philip M Whelpley (pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church in New York City). His paternal grandfather was Rev Samuel Whelpley, an eminent theologian of the 1700s. Abigail Fitch Davenport was his mother (a descendant of the first minister of New Haven, CT, Rev John Davenport, 1638).
James Whelpley was born in New York City, 23 Jan 1817. He matriculated at Yale Collage of New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1837. He then went to Pennsylvania and for two years he was an assistant in Professor Henry D Rogers' Geological Survey. Returning he studied medicine, first at Pittsfield then at New Haven, graduating from the Yale Medical Department in 1842. He remained in New Haven until 1846, engaged in the study of the sciences, literature and philosophy.
Whelpley then went to Brooklyn, NY, and began to practice medicine but was soon obliged to relinquish it from ill-health. In 1847, he removed to New York and became the editor, and one of the owners, of the American Whig Review, to which he had been a frequent contributor from 1845, continuing till 1852
He initiated a project to establish a commercial colony in Honduras, to benefit both Honduras and the US. In furtherance of this enterprise he spent two years in San Francisco purchasing and editing one of the daily papers there. James obtained various grants of land from the Honduran Government to develop the natural resources. The project began building steamers and barges for navigating the Honduran rivers, bringing in a large number of emigrants for the proposed colony.
However his preparations were thwarted by William Walker filibustering in Honduras (Filibuster William Walker organized a private military to establish English-speaking colonies in Latin America under his control). Upon arriving again in Honduras, Walker had Whelpley arrested and detained for nearly a year, enduring great privation and being pressed into service as a surgeon. Escaping Honduras in December 1855, Whelpley reached California and abandoned this project.
He returned early in 1857 to New York and again devoted himself to literature and to scientific pursuits. Dr WhelpIey's publications show an original thinker. His scientific researches were chiefly in physics and metallurgy. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in November 1866. Professor Rogers introduced him to the members as "a gentleman second to none in intellectual and scientific ability."
For the last ten years of his life he was a great sufferer from asthma, which gradually developed into tuberculosis (called consumption at that time) from which he died at his residence in Boston, 15 April 1872.
Whelpley married twice; first, 3 Jan 1848, to Miss Anna M Wells, of Roxbury, Massachusetts who died 29 July 1859, leaving one daughter, Anna Vincent. His second wife was Miss Mary L Breed, of Norfolk, Virginia, whom he married 19 Sep 1861. They had three children: James Davenport, Mary Taylor, and Philip Breed.
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Dr Whelpley's eldest son was cremated in Kensington, England. Grave site not yet located.
James Davenport Whelpley
Birth: 24 JUN 1863 • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death: 18 MAR 1948 • Kensington, London, England
Construction, cowboy, miner, rancher, news correspondent and editor in Montana, 1883-1893. Editor San Antonio (Texas) Express, 1894-1897. Staff correspondent Kansas City Star, acting as war correspondent during Spanish-American War, 1897-1900.
Sent abroad by United States Government on 11 special missions, 1900-1912, and traveled to practically every country of the world.
The junior Mr Whelpley wrote at least 5 books and over 45 articles. In World War I he was in military intelligence.
His mother was Mary Louise Breed Whelpley Storer. The junior James Davenport Whelpley was married twice. Winnifred Rose Page, then Margaret Frances _____.
Physician - Author
James Davenport Whelpley was the son of Rev Philip M Whelpley (pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church in New York City). His paternal grandfather was Rev Samuel Whelpley, an eminent theologian of the 1700s. Abigail Fitch Davenport was his mother (a descendant of the first minister of New Haven, CT, Rev John Davenport, 1638).
James Whelpley was born in New York City, 23 Jan 1817. He matriculated at Yale Collage of New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1837. He then went to Pennsylvania and for two years he was an assistant in Professor Henry D Rogers' Geological Survey. Returning he studied medicine, first at Pittsfield then at New Haven, graduating from the Yale Medical Department in 1842. He remained in New Haven until 1846, engaged in the study of the sciences, literature and philosophy.
Whelpley then went to Brooklyn, NY, and began to practice medicine but was soon obliged to relinquish it from ill-health. In 1847, he removed to New York and became the editor, and one of the owners, of the American Whig Review, to which he had been a frequent contributor from 1845, continuing till 1852
He initiated a project to establish a commercial colony in Honduras, to benefit both Honduras and the US. In furtherance of this enterprise he spent two years in San Francisco purchasing and editing one of the daily papers there. James obtained various grants of land from the Honduran Government to develop the natural resources. The project began building steamers and barges for navigating the Honduran rivers, bringing in a large number of emigrants for the proposed colony.
However his preparations were thwarted by William Walker filibustering in Honduras (Filibuster William Walker organized a private military to establish English-speaking colonies in Latin America under his control). Upon arriving again in Honduras, Walker had Whelpley arrested and detained for nearly a year, enduring great privation and being pressed into service as a surgeon. Escaping Honduras in December 1855, Whelpley reached California and abandoned this project.
He returned early in 1857 to New York and again devoted himself to literature and to scientific pursuits. Dr WhelpIey's publications show an original thinker. His scientific researches were chiefly in physics and metallurgy. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in November 1866. Professor Rogers introduced him to the members as "a gentleman second to none in intellectual and scientific ability."
For the last ten years of his life he was a great sufferer from asthma, which gradually developed into tuberculosis (called consumption at that time) from which he died at his residence in Boston, 15 April 1872.
Whelpley married twice; first, 3 Jan 1848, to Miss Anna M Wells, of Roxbury, Massachusetts who died 29 July 1859, leaving one daughter, Anna Vincent. His second wife was Miss Mary L Breed, of Norfolk, Virginia, whom he married 19 Sep 1861. They had three children: James Davenport, Mary Taylor, and Philip Breed.
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Dr Whelpley's eldest son was cremated in Kensington, England. Grave site not yet located.
James Davenport Whelpley
Birth: 24 JUN 1863 • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death: 18 MAR 1948 • Kensington, London, England
Construction, cowboy, miner, rancher, news correspondent and editor in Montana, 1883-1893. Editor San Antonio (Texas) Express, 1894-1897. Staff correspondent Kansas City Star, acting as war correspondent during Spanish-American War, 1897-1900.
Sent abroad by United States Government on 11 special missions, 1900-1912, and traveled to practically every country of the world.
The junior Mr Whelpley wrote at least 5 books and over 45 articles. In World War I he was in military intelligence.
His mother was Mary Louise Breed Whelpley Storer. The junior James Davenport Whelpley was married twice. Winnifred Rose Page, then Margaret Frances _____.
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