Background
Langstroth, Lorenzo Lorraine was born on December 25, 1810 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John G. and Rebekah (Dunn) Langstroth.
Langstroth, Lorenzo Lorraine was born on December 25, 1810 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John G. and Rebekah (Dunn) Langstroth.
Graduated from Yale, 1831.
Principal, Abbot Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1838-1839. Principal High School for Young Ladies, Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1838-1844. Principal school for young ladies at Philadelphia, 1848-1852.
Invented movable-frame beehive.
Author: Langstroth on the Hive and the Honeybee, 1853.
Married Anne Tucker, August 22, 1836, 3 children.