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John Locke (February 19, 1792 – July 10, 1856) was an American naturalist, professor, photographer, and publisher.^[1] He was the first American to exhibit photographs to the public.^[2] Locke made a geological survey of Ohio in 1838^[1] some of which was included in Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis' Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848).^[3] He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1844.^[4]

The standard author abbreviation Locke is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[5]

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^ ^a ^b "Locke, John". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: 264–265. 1916.
^ Welling, William. Photography in America, page 7
^ Barnhart, Terry A. 2005. “Early Accounts of Ohio's Mounds” in Ohio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Cultures by Bradley T Lepper. Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press. p-245
^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ International Plant Names Index. Locke.