John Eliot Howard

John Eliot Howard (11 December 1807 – 22 November 1883) was an English chemist who conducted pioneering work with the development of quinine.

Howard was born in Plaistow, Essex, the son of Luke Howard a noted Quaker meteorologist and chemist. He worked at the family pharmaceutical manufacturing business of Howards and Sons. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1874.

He was the author of scientific works including The Quinology of the East Indian Plantations (1869–1876), religious works including a commentary on the book of Hebrews and histories including The Island Of The Saints, about the Reformation in Ireland. His concern about issues of religion and science was reflected in his membership in two London organizations from 1872: the Victoria Institute, devoted to that subject to which he contributed thirteen papers, and to the Society of Biblical Archaeology, whose aim was to investigate antiquities of biblical lands.