John Patterson MacLean

John Patterson MacLean (March 12, 1848 – August 12, 1939) was an American Universalist minister, archaeologist and historian. During his time at Ohio State University, he specialized in the history of the Shakers, a religious group.

Biography He was born on March 12, 1848, in Franklin, Ohio.

He completed his Ph.D. in 1894.

He died on August 12, 1939, in Greenville, Ohio, and was buried in Franklin, Ohio.

Publications Scotland A history of the clan MacLean from its first settlement at Duard Castle (1889) Renaissance of the clan MacLean (1913) An Historical Account of The Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783

Religion A sketch of the life and labors of Richard McNemar (1905)

Shakers A concise history of the United Society of Believers called Shakers (1893) Shakers of Ohio: fugitive papers concerning the Shakers of Ohio, with unpublished manuscripts (1907) A Bibliography of Shaker Literature

Archaeology A Manual of the Antiquity of Man (1877) The Mound Builders (1879) Mastodon, Mammoth and Man (1880) An historical, archaeological and geological examination of Fingal's Cave in the island of Staffa (1890) The Archaeological Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society (1901) A Critical Examination of the Evidences Adduced to Establish the Theory of the Norse Discovery