Background
Son of physician Jacob Davis Babcock Stillman and of Caroline Maxson, John Maxson studied chemistry first at University of California (1874), and then for two years abroad at University of Strasbourg and University of Würzburg.
Son of physician Jacob Davis Babcock Stillman and of Caroline Maxson, John Maxson studied chemistry first at University of California (1874), and then for two years abroad at University of Strasbourg and University of Würzburg.
Bachelor of Philisophy, University of California, 1874, Doctor of Philosophy, 1885 (Doctor of Laws, 1916).
He was also the first head of the chemistry department at Stanford University, as well as its first Chemistry Professor. On his return, after teaching at the University of California (1876-1882), and working for the American Sugar Refining Company in Boston (1882-1891), he was appointed at the newly founded Stanford University as its first Chemistry Professor, and head of the department in its opening year. Although Stillman"s appointment was essentially by fiat of Senator Stanford, who proposed a one-man list for David Starr Jordan to consider for this job, Stanford historian Eric Hutchinson writes that "There is always a risk that appointments made at the behest of the mighty may turn out badly, but Stillman’s appointment was a good one." At Stanford, Stillman focused mostly on teaching and administration.
He retired in 1917, and concentrated on writing thereafter.
He died in December 1923. A 39-page in memoriam volume was published in the following year by five colleagues at Stanford.
Stillman married Emma East. Rodolph. They had three daughters, Cara, Minna and Dorothy.
Cara Stillman was a victim of the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago.
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Married Emma Rodolph, June 1878.