Becker, George F. (George Ferdinand), 1847-1919

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1847-01-05
Death 1919-04-20
Americans
English, German, Spanish; Castilian

Biographical notes:

Epithet: American geologist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0000d4

Geologist, mathematician, engineer, and physicist.

From the description of George F. Becker papers, 1814-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131117

Biographical Note

1847, Jan. 5 Born, New York, N.Y. 1866 Married Sarah M. Barnes (divorced 1879) 1868 B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1869 Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 1869 1870 Reporter, New York Herald Tribune, during the Franco-Prussian War 1870 Received "Certificate as a Practical Puddler" from Royal Iron Works in Germany 1871 Mining engineer degree, Royal Academy of Mines, Berlin, Germany 1872 1873 Construction engineer, Joliet Iron and Steel Co., Joliet, Ill. 1874 1879 Instructor in mining and metallurgy, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 1879 Married Alice Theodora (“Elsie”) Watson (died 1880) 1880 1882 Surveyed Comstock Lode 1880 1883 Special agent for Tenth United States Census 1880 1891 Geologist-in-charge, United States Geological Survey 1883 1888 Investigated quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope 1892 Began first studies of deforming effects of great pressures 1895 Investigated gold fields of southern Alaska 1895 1919 Geologist-in-charge, United States Geological Survey 1896 Examined gold and diamond mines in South Africa 1898 Geophysicist, United States Geological Survey 1898 1899 Detailed to serve as geologist with the United States Army, Philippine Islands 1902 At request of President Theodore Roosevelt appointed to prepare a report on the desirability of instituting scientific exploration of the Philippine Islands Married Florence Serpell Deakins 1904 Lectured on "How Small an Army We Need" 1910 Represented United States at Radioactivity Congress, Brussels, Belgium 1914 President, Geological Society of America 1919, Apr. 20 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the George F. Becker Papers, 1814-1928, (bulk 1870-1919), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Radioactivity
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology

Occupations:

  • Geologists
  • Mathematicians
  • Physicists
  • Scientists

Places:

  • Pacific Coast (America) (as recorded)
  • Philippines (as recorded)
  • South Africa (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Alaska (as recorded)
  • North America (as recorded)
  • Nevada (as recorded)

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