Alexander Winchell
Alexander Winchell (born December 31, 1824 in New York , † 1891 ) was an American geologist and paleontologist.
Winchell was a long-time state geologist of Wisconsin . From 1855 to 1873 he was a professor of geology , zoology and botany at the University of Michigan .
Like numerous other intellectuals, Winchell took a stand against universal and equal suffrage in the last third of the century, since he saw the political order endangered by corruption and considered the influence of money over that of education to be too great.
In 1888 he founded the Geological Society of America in Ithaca (New York) together with James Hall and James Dwight Dana .
In 1891 he was President of the Geological Society of America.
The Mount Winchell in the Palisades of the Sierra Nevada is named after him.
Web links
- Alexander Winchell (1824-1891) (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Picture History: Alexander Winchell (1824–1891) ( Memento from May 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ A b Wisconsin Historical Images: Professor Alexander Winchell, Geologist
- ^ Probert Encyclopedia: Alexander Winchell ( Memento of November 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Winchell, Alexander: The North American Review, 136/315 (1883), pp. 119-134; Beckert, Sven: "Democracy and its Discontents: Contesting Suffrage Rights in Gilded Age New York" in Past and Present (February 2002), pp. 114-155 (2002).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winchell, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1891 |