Arthur Philemon Coleman

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Arthur Philemon Coleman

Arthur Philemon Coleman (* 1852 in Lachute , Québec ; † 1939 ) was a Canadian geologist .

Born to Rev. Francis Coleman and Emmeline Maria Adams (a descendant of John Quincy Adams ), he received his BA in 1876 , an MA in 1880 at Victoria College, University of Toronto in Cobourg , Ontario , and in 1881 Ph.D. at the University of Wroclaw .

In 1882 he became a professor in the Faculty of Geology and Natural History at Victoria College. Between 1891 and 1901 he was a professor of geology at the School of Practical Science in Toronto. From 1893 to 1909 he wrote numerous reports for the Bureau of Mines of the Ontario government. Between 1901 and 1922 he was professor of geology at the University of Toronto, where he held the post of Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1919 to 1922 . As a geologist, he was employed by the Department of Mines from 1931 until he retired from active service in 1934.

Coleman was a member of the Royal Society of Canada from 1900 and was its president in 1921. In 1902 he was elected President of the Royal Canadian Institute , was from 1910 a member of the Royal Society and in 1915 held the post of President of the Geological Society of America . In 1910 he was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London , in 1928 the Flavelle Medal of the Royal Society of Canada and in 1936 the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America.

In 1884 he managed the first ascent of Castle Mountain and in 1907 he was the first white man to attempt to climb Mount Robson .

The mountain Mount Coleman and the glacier Coleman Glacier in Banff National Park are named after him. The same applies to Mount Coleman in East Antarctic Victoria Land.

Works

  • 1903: Reports on the Economic Geology of Ontario.
  • 1911: The Canadian Rockies: New and Old Trails.
  • 1922: Elementary Geology. (as co-author)
  • 1926: Ice Ages, Recent and Modern.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Coleman, Arthur Philemon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian geologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Lachute , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH 1939