John Plimpton Green Letters
John Plimpton Green (1819-1892) graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1841. He practiced medicine in Whampoa, China and then Copaipo, Chile where he lived for most of his life. He died on January 6, 1892 at his childhood home in Worcester, Massachusetts. John Plimpton Green’s family includes several prominent brothers, including Andrew Haswell Green, also known as the “Father of Greater New York” for his contributions as commissioner of Central Park and his work toward the annexation of Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge in New York City; Samuel Fisk Green, who was a famous doctor and missionary in Ceylon (in what is now Sri Lanka); and Oliver Bourne Green, who was a renowned engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, as well as a contractor for the parks system of Chicago.