See also:JOHN STRONG See also:NEWBERRY (1822-1892)
, See also:American geologist, was See also:born at See also:Windsor, See also:Connecticut, on the 22nd of See also:December 1822, and received a medical See also:education at See also:Cleveland, See also:Ohio, taking the degree of M.D. in 1848
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He completed his medical studies in See also:Paris
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His See also:attention was See also:early attracted to See also:geology by See also:collecting See also:coal-measure See also:plants from mines that had been opened by his See also:father, and an acquaintance with See also:Professor See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall established his See also:interest in the See also:science
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Hence while in Paris he studied See also:botany under A
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T
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See also:Brongniart
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In 1851 he settled in practice at Cleveland, but in 1855 he was appointed surgeon and geologist to an exploring party in See also:northern See also:California and See also:Oregon, and in 1857 his reports on the geology, botany and See also:zoology were published
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Between then and 1861 he was employed on similar See also:work in the region of the See also:Colorado See also:river under See also:Lieutenant J
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C
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Ives, and his researches were extended over a large See also:area of previously unknown See also:country in See also:Utah, See also:Arizona and New See also:Mexico, the further results being published in 1876
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During the See also:Civil See also:War he did important work as a member of the U.S
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Sanitary See also:Commission, his organizing capacity being specially marked during the operations in the See also:Mississippi Valley
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In 1866 he was appointed professor of geology and palaeontology at the See also:Columbia School of Mines, New See also:York, where he commenced the formation of a magnificent collection of specimens; in 1869 he was made See also:state geologist of Ohio and director of the (second) See also:Geological Survey there, and in 1884 palaeontologist to the U.S
.
Geological Survey
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Four volumes on the geology of Ohio were published while he was director of the survey, his own reports being confined to the See also:surface geology and to the coal-See also:measures and their fossil plants
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He devoted much labour to the study of Triassic, Cretaceous and See also:Tertiary plants, and in particular to those of the See also:Laramie See also:stage
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He also carried on researches among the Palaeozoic and Triassic fishes of See also:North See also:America
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Among his other publications may be mentioned The Origin and Cldssiffcation of Ore Deposits (188o)
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His work throughout was characterized by See also:great care and conscientious study, and it was recognized by his inclusion in most of the learned See also:societies of America and the Old See also:World
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He received the See also:Murchison See also:medal of the Geological Society of See also:London in 1888, and was See also:president of the American Association for the See also:Advancement of Science (1867), of the New York See also:Academy of Sciences (1867-1881), and of the See also:International See also:Congress of Geologists (1891)
.
He died at New Haven, See also:Conn., on the 7th of December 1892
.
Memoir (with portrait) by J
.
J
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See also:Stevenson, American Geologist (See also:July 1893)
.
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