Arthur William Rogers [SEP] place of death
Arthur William Rogers
Arthur William Rogers (5 June 1872 in Bishops Hull near Taunton, Somerset – 23 June 1946 in Mowbray, Cape Town, Cape Province) was a British and South African geologist. He was Director of the Geological Survey of South Africa.
Career.
Rogers studied at the University of Cambridge. From 1895 he was in South Africa, first in 1896–1902 as Assistant Geologist, from 1902–1911 as Geologist, and from 1911–1916 as Assistant Director of the Cape of Good Hope Geological Commission. In 1916 in
Wisconsin State Assembly. He only lived in the house for a few months before moving again following the death of his wife.
In 1889, the house was sold to attorney W. H. Rogers. Rogers served as town clerk in 1868 and 1870-1871 and was a justice of the peace from 1868 to 1872. He was city attorney from 1870 until his death in 1907 and served a term as mayor. Arthur R. Hoard, the son of Governor William D. Hoard, purchased the house in 1893. In 1885,