James M. Safford
Born James Merrill Safford
(1822-08-13 ) August 13, 1822Died July 2, 1907(1907-07-02) (aged 84) Education Yale University Occupation(s) Geologist Spouse
Catherine K. Owens
(
m. 1859)
James Merrill Safford (1822–1907) was an American geologist , chemist and university professor .
Biography
Early life
James M. Safford was born in Putnam, Ohio on August 13, 1822.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Yale University .[ 4]
He married Catherine K. Owens in 1859, and they had two children.[ 2]
Career
Safford taught at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee from 1848 to 1873.[ 4] [ 5] Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1875 to 1900.[ 3] [ 4] [ 4]
He served on the Tennessee Board of Health .[ 4] Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture in the 1870s and 1880s.[ 4]
He published fifty-four books, reports, and maps.[ 4]
Death
He died in Dallas on July 2, 1907.[ 1] [ 6]
Bibliography
James M. Safford, The Silurian basin of Middle Tennessee, with notices of the strata surrounding it. (New Haven, Printed by B.L. Hamlen, 1851).[ 7]
James M. Safford, A geological report of the coal and oil lands in Kentucky (Louisville, Kentucky: J.P. Morton & co., 1865).[ 8]
James M. Safford, Geology of Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: S. C. Mercer, 1869.).[ 9]
James M. Safford and Joseph Buckner Killebrew , The elements of the geology of Tennessee. Prepared for the use of the school of Tennessee, and for all persons seeking a knowledge of the resources of the state. (Nashville, Tennessee: Foster & Webb, 1900).[ 10]
References
^ a b The University of Pennsylvania Library: James M. Safford ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Google Books.^ a b "Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875" . Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014 .^ a b c d e f g Richard G. Stearns, James M. Safford , Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
^ P. Doyle, Matthew R. Bennett Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History , Springer, 2002, p. 111 [1]
^ "Mortuary" . Austin American-Statesman . Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.^ HathiTrust Digital Library ^ HathiTrust Digital Library ^ HathiTrust Digital Library ^ HathiTrust Digital Library
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