Erwin Charles Stumm
Erwin Charles Stumm (born September 15, 1908 in Berkeley (California) , † April 24, 1969 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American geologist and paleontologist . He was Professor of Geology and Curator of Paleozoic Invertebrates at the University of Michigan .
Stumm graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's degree in 1932 and a master's degree in 1933 and received his doctorate in 1936 from Princeton University . He then worked for the US Department of Agriculture and then the US Geological Survey . From 1947 he was at the University of Michigan.
Stumm was an expert on Paleozoic corals . He also studied the Devonian trilobites . As an applied geologist, he worked for the oil industry and the cement industry.
In 1967 he was President of the Paleontological Society . He was a member of the Ohio and Michigan Academies of Science.
Fonts
- Revision of the families and genera of the Devonian tetracorals: Geol. Soc. America Mem. 40, 1949, pp. 1-92.
- Silurian and Devonian corals from the Falls of the Ohio, Geological Society of America Memoir 93, 1965, pp. 1-184
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mute, Erwin Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berkeley, California |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1969 |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor , Michigan |