Science and the people of Illinois [microform], 1865-1900, 194-?

Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929

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Ornithologist; curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum. From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Thomas G. Gentry, 1876 Mar. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580979 Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was an ornithologist who collected bird specimens in Costa Rica in 1908. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_721_pid_EACP718 American ornithologist. From the descripti...

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

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Wallace Earle Stegner is an author. From the guide to the Papers, 1868-1879, relating to John Wesley Powell and the Colorado River, 1868-1879, (American Philosophical Society) John Wesley Powell was a geologist, ethnologist, and director of the United States Geological Survey; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1889. From the guide to the John Wesley Powell correspondence, 1869-1879, of the Powell Survey, 1869-1879, (American Philosophical So...

Chamberlin, Thomas C. (Thomas Chrowder), 1843-1928

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Geologist. A.B., Beloit College, 1866; A.M. 1869. Ph. D., University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin, 1882. Lecturer, Beloit College, 1882-1887; professor, 1873-1882. Professor, Columbian University, 1885-1887. President, University of Wisconsin, 1887-1892. Professor and head of the Department of Geology, University of Chicago, 1892-1919. Geologist to Peary Expedition, 1894. From the description of Papers, 1880-1928 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat recor...

Burrill, Thomas J. (Thomas Jonathan), 1839-1916

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Illinois State Geological Survey.

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The first Illinois State Geological Survey lasted from 1851 to 1875. In 1893, the Governor, in a message to the Legislature, recommended that the State Geological Department be placed in charge of the University and that all of its collections be moved to Urbana. The recommendation was approved by the University's Board of Trustees. 1 In 1901 the Board of Trustees appointed a special committee to consider ways and means for the establishment of a geological survey of Illinois. 2 Thi...

Illinois Natural History Society

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Worthen, Amos Henry, 1813-1888

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Worthen, a native of Vermont who settled in Warsaw, Illinois, was the Illinois state geologist (1858-1888). From the description of Letter, April 17, 1863. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 477280820 ...

Davenport, F. Garvin (Francis Garvin), 1905-

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