Background
Schaffner, John Henry was born on July 8, 1866 in Agosta Marion County, Ohio, United States. Son of Daniel S., Junior, and Anna (Miller) S.
Schaffner, John Henry was born on July 8, 1866 in Agosta Marion County, Ohio, United States. Son of Daniel S., Junior, and Anna (Miller) S.
Bachelor of Arts, Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, 1893, Master of Science, 1896. Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1894. University of Chicago, 1896-1897.
University of Zürich, 1907-1908.
Assistant in botany, University of Michigan, 1894-1895. Professor natural science, South Dakot University, 1895-1896. Assistant in botany, 1897-1890, assistant professor 1899-1902, associate professor, 1902-1911, professor, 1911-1928, head of department, 1908-1918, research professor of botany, since 1928, Ohio State University Editor-in-chief Ohio Naturalist, 1900-1915, of Ohio Journal of Science, 1915-1917.
Married Cordelia Garber, 1916. Children: Grace Odile, John Garber, James Daniel.