Henry Stephens Washington
Henry Stephens Washington (January 15, 1867 – January 7, 1934) was an American geologist.
Henry Stephens Washington
Biography
Washington was born in Newark, New Jersey on January 15, 1867.[1] He attended Yale University, graduating in 1886, and took his masters there two years later.[1] He received his Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig in 1893.[1] He also studied at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens, Greece.[2] His research included trips to Greece, Asia Minor, Italy, Spain, Brazil and the Hawaiian islands.[1] By 1920 he was a consulting mining geologist of high reputation.[2]
Works
His works include:[2]
- Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks (1903)
- Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks (1904; 2d ed., 1910)
- The Roman Cogmatic Region (1907)
Notes
- "DR. H. S. WASHINGTON, PETROLOGIST, DEAD; Carnegie lnstitugion Expert on Rocks Won High Honors in Field Here and Abroad". The New York Times. January 8, 1934. 17. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- Rines 1920, p. 779.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana. p. 779.)
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