page_title: John Howard Van Amringe
section_title: Life and career
hierarchical_section_title: John Howard Van Amringe / Life and career
caption_attribution_description: English: John Howard Van Amringe Artist Eastman Johnson, 29 Jul 1824 - 5 Apr 1906 Sitter John Howard Van Amringe, 1835 - 1915 Date 1900 Type Painting Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 106.4 x 83.4cm (41 7/8 x 32 13/16") Credit Line Current Owner: Columbia University, Art Properties Website: library.columbia.edu/locations/avery/art-properties.html Object number COO.509 CU Data Source Catalog of American Portraits See more items in Catalog of American Portraits
context_page_description: John Howard Van Amringe was an educator and mathematician from the United States.
context_section_description: Van Amringe was born in Philadelphia on April 3, 1835. He was a son of William Frederick Van Amringe (1791–1873) and Susan Budd (née Stirling) Van Amringe (1798–1891).  Among his siblings was brother, Thomas Budd Van Amringe.
  He entered Columbia University in 1856 and graduated from the school with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1860.  Three years later, he received a Master of Arts, and in 1890, he was made a Doctor of Literature.
caption: Eastman Johnson's portrait of John Howard Van Amringe, 1900
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