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'''Dr. John Adam Weisse''' was a French-American physician and philologist, who served as Vice President of the [[Theosophical Society]] in 1877-1880 along with [[Alexander Wilder]] under [[Abner Doubleday]]. 

== Personal life and education ==

John Adam Weisse was born [[December 3]], 1810, in Ropperville, Lorraine, France. "He was graduated in classics and natural sciences at the college in Bitsche, and in chemistry and philosophy at the seminary in Metz, and subsequently became professor of French in the Imperial school in Vienna.<ref>Weisse, John Adam" ''Appleton's Cyclopedia'' Volume VI, 423.</ref> In 1840 he emigrated to the United States, and for eight years resided in Boston, publishing his '''''Key to the French Language.''''' Then he spent 1949-1850 in Brussels, earning his medical degree.  

Dr. Weisse died on [[January 12]], 1888 in New York City.<ref>"John Adam Weisse," ''Encyclopedia of American Biography, 1800-1902''. Page 990.</ref>

== Career ==

Dr. Weisse settled in New York around 1850, where practiced medicine. In 1852 he became a naturalized citizen.<ref>U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992. August 9, 1852.</ref> After retiring, he pursued his interests in philology and archaeology, serving as president of the New York Philological Society. He was interested in [[Freemasonry|freemasonry]] and ancient Egypt, and was responsible for bringing some Egyptian antiquities to the New York Historical Society.<ref>John Adam Weisse, ''The Obelisk and Freemasonry According to the Discoveries of Belzoni and Commander Gorringe'', (New York: J. W> Bouton, 1880), 174. Available at [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924030279495/cu31924030279495_djvu.txt Internet Archive.]</ref>

== Writings ==

* '''''Key to the French Language'''''. Boston, 1848.
* '''''Origin, Progress, and Destiny of the English Language and Literature'''''. New York, 1873. 
* '''''The Obelisk and Freemasonry  According to the Discoveries of Belzoni and Commander Gorringe'', (New York: J. W.  Bouton, 1880), 174. Available at [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924030279495/cu31924030279495_djvu.txt Internet Archive.]'''''.

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