Charles Palache autobiography : photocopy.

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Charles Palache autobiography : photocopy.

Recollections of his studies at the University of California under Professors Joseph LeConte and A.C. Lawson; geological mapping and field trips with Lawson; studies in Germany; subsequent career at Harvard as Curator of the Mineralogical Museum.

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UC Berkeley Libraries

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Lawson, Andrew C. (Andrew Cowper), 1861-1952

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Biographical Information Andrew Cowper Lawson, geologist and professor, was born in Anstruther, Scotland, July 25, 1861, moving to Hamilton, Ontario when he was five. Graduating from the University of Toronto in 1883, he worked with the Canadian Geological Survey and continued his education, receiving a Masters in 1885. In 1888 he received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He continued work with the Canadian Geological Survey...

LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901

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Joseph LeConte, born in 1823, graduated from the University of Georgia in 1841. He enrolled in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1844 and received an M.D. in 1845. He married Elizabeth Caroline Nisbet in 1847 and established a medical practice in Macon. Because his first love was geology, however, he enrolled in the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard College in 1850 to study with the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz. Upon completing his studies in 1851 he returned to Georgia and became...

Palache, Charles, 1869-1954

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Palache (1869-1954) taught mineralogy and petrography at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Palache, 1881-1954 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973147 ...