Background
Osborn, Henry Stafford was born on August 17, 1823 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Truman and Eliza (Paget) Osborn.
Osborn, Henry Stafford was born on August 17, 1823 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Truman and Eliza (Paget) Osborn.
Graduated from the University Pennsylvania, 1841, Union Theological Seminary, 1845.
Church, 1848; pastor in Richmond, Virginia, 1849-1853, Liberty, Virginia, 1853-1858, Belvidere, New Jersey, 1859-1865. Professor of chemistry Lafayette College, 1866-1870. Professor natural science Miami University, Oxford, O., 1870-1873, practiced in ministry, lecturer, wrote on sciences, Oxford, 1873-1894.
Author: Palestine Past and Present, 1859.
Metallurgy, Iron and Steel, 1869. New Descriptive Geography of Palestine, 1877.
Married Pauline Courson, 1860, 1 child.