George Perkins Merrill [SEP] place of birth
George Perkins Merrill
George Perkins Merrill (May 31, 1854 in Auburn, Maine – August 15, 1929 in Auburn, Maine) was an American geologist, notable as the head curator from 1917 to 1929 of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution).
He was educated at the University of Maine (B.S., 1879; Ph.D., 1889), took a post-graduate courses of study and was assistant in chemistry at Wesleyan University,
" (1897; second edition, 1906)
- "The Non-Metallic Minerals" (1904; second edition, 1910)
- "The Fossil Forests of Arizona"] (1911); 23 pages including illustrations
- "The First Hundred Years of American Geology" (1924)
Further reading.
- Waldemar Lindgren, Biographical Memoir George Perkins Merrill 1854-1929
- George Perkins Merrill, "Stones for Building and Decoration", Online at Internet Archive
External links.
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