John Brown Francis Herreshoff (February 7, 1850 – January 30, 1932) was second winner of the Perkin Medal.

[6] He invented and built for them a water-jacketed furnace and quickly became a partner in the company.

[6] Herreshoff was also the president of The General Chemical Company, which was founded in 1899 and merged in 1920 with Allied Corporation.

[3] Herreshoff, in 1908, received the Perkin Medal,[2] an award conferred annually by the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry to a scientist residing in America for an "innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development."

Herreshoff died January 30, 1932, at the home of his daughter in New York City.