Background
Ritchie, John was born in 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Mary (White) Ritchie.
Ritchie, John was born in 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Mary (White) Ritchie.
Graduate English High School, Boston, 1869.
Was engaged in business with father as builder. Retired, 1885; president Alvan Clark Corporation (makers telescopes). Assistant at Harvard College Observatory, 1882-1890.
Collector of shells.
Largest private library of conchology, and one of largest collections of shells in the United States Foreign 23 years official in charge of collection and distribution of astronomical news for United States Health commissioner City of Boston, 1908-1910.
Fellow Boston Scientific Society (president since 1908), American Meteorological Society, American Public Health Association Has done much translating of technical work of scientific and medical investigators into terms understood by the people, and has written hundreds of such articles for Boston, New York and Philadelphia papers.
Married Hattie M. Malcombe, 1885.