Alfred Church Lane
Alfred Church Lane (born January 29, 1863 in Boston , † April 15, 1948 in New York City ) was an American geologist and mineralogist .
Lane studied at Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in 1883, where he was also an instructor in mathematics for two years, received his doctorate in geology at Harvard in 1888 and was two years at Heidelberg University . He was then with the US Geological Survey and the Michigan Geological Survey, where he became a state geologist in 1899. In 1909 he became professor of geology and mineralogy at Tufts College , where he taught until 1935, when he resigned as a teacher in Massachusetts in protest against the oath required .
He dealt with geology and mining in Michigan and applied his mathematical knowledge to geology, for example in the grain size of igneous rocks or in the heat conduction of rocks and in the determination of geological time intervals. From 1922 to 1946 he was the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time of the National Research Council .
In 1931 he was President of the Geological Society of America . Lane was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1929/30 he was the first science advisor to the Library of Congress.
Lane wrote regularly for newspapers and was active in the Boy Scout movement from an old age .
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| SURNAME | Lane, Alfred Church |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist and mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1948 |
| Place of death | New York City |