Rogers, William Barton II, 1833-1893

William Barton Rogers II, 1833-1893, son of James Blythe Rogers, and nephew of William Barton Rogers, the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was an amateur scientist who worked as an assistant to another uncle, geologist Henry Darwin Rogers, on the Pennsylvania Geological Survey from 1852 to approximately 1857. He later became a banker and served the Western Savings Fund Society of Philadelphia for 30 years.

From the guide to the William Barton Rogers II papers, 1838-1919, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections)