Walter Woodward
Publications
Prospero’s America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676
In Prospero's America, Walter W. Woodward examines the transfer of alchemical culture to America by John Winthrop, Jr., one of English colonization's early giants. Winthrop participated in a pan-European network of natural philosophers who believed alchemy could improve the human condition and hasten Christ's Second Coming.