Correspondence on the geological survey of California, 1861-1866.

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Correspondence on the geological survey of California, 1861-1866.

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Letters concerning the work of the Survey: Aug. 2, 186l, from J.D. Whitney to W.H. Brewer; Mar. 28, l864, from William Ashburner to Brewer; Apr. ll, l864, from Brewer to Whitney; June 2l, l866, from Charles F. Hoffmann to Whitney.

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Hoffmann, C. F. 1838-1913.

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Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910

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Brewer went to Yale in 1848 to study soil analysis with J.P. Norton. He left to teach for two years, retuned and got his Ph. D. from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1852. After Yale he went to study in Heidelberg, Munich and Paris. In 1858 he was made professor of chemistry and geology at Washington College in Pennsylvania. From 1860-1864 Brewer was first assistant on the Geological Survey of California and undertook extensive botanical surveys of areas that were still largely unexplored. In ...

Whitney, J. D. 1819-1896.

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Geological Survey of California

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The Geological survey of California was established in 1860 and began operation in 1863. J.D. Whitney served as State Geologist until the survey sas discontinued in 1874. Other individuals involved in the work of the survey included Amos Bowman, William H. Brewer, G.H. Goddard, S. Mather and Vitus Wackenreuder. (For complete list of names involved, consult the finding aid.) From the description of Geological survey of California records, 1844-1873. (University of California, Berkeley...

Ashburner, William, 1831-1887.

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