John M. Otto
John Matthew Otto (9 November 1714 – 9 August 1785/1793) was a German-born physician.
Born in Meiningen in Germany, Otto studied medicine in Augsburg before moving to Pennsylvania. Landing in Bethlehem in 1750, he began working as a physician, surgeon, chemist, and pharmacist on the Moravian settlement there.[1] His services were sought after as far as Philadelphia and he became well known in the scientific circles there, leading to his election to the American Philosophical Society in 1769.[2][3]
He married Joanna M. Dressler and Maria Schmidt. With Joanna, he fathered three children: Sophia (died age 2), Rebecca (1765–1828), and Sophia Magdelene (1769–1810). He is buried at the Moravian Cemetery in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
References[edit]
- ^ Lehigh Valley Medical Magazine. West's Publishing House. 1899.
- ^ Reichel, William C.; Jordan, John W. (1877). "Friedensthal and its Stockaded Mill. A Moravian Chronicle, 1749-1767". Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society. 2 (1): 1–36. ISSN 0886-1730. JSTOR 41179561.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-06-07.