Gilbert Dennison Harris
Gilbert Dennison Harris (born October 2, 1864 in Jamestown , New York , † December 4, 1952 in Ithaca , New York) was an American paleontologist . He was Professor of Paleontology and Stratigraphy at Cornell University .
Life
Harris graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in 1886 and was in the United States Geological Survey and the Texas and Arkansas Survey from 1887 to 1893 . In 1894 he went on a study trip to England and northern France to study the tertiary there. In the same year he became an assistant professor and in 1909 a professor at Cornell University. In 1934 he retired.
From 1899 to 1909 he was the state geologist of Louisiana and developed a long-accepted theory of the development of the salt domes there. He was a specialist in Eocene molluscs and the tertiary stratigraphy of the Mississippi area.
From 1895 he was editor of the Bulletin of American Paleontology. In 1932 he founded the Paleontological Research Institution.
In 1936 he was President of the Paleontological Society and in 1937 Vice President of the Geological Society of America . He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
Web links
- Gilbert Dennison Harris in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Biography of GW Herrick, OD von Engeln, AH Wright, Cornell University (PDF; 233 kB; English)
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| SURNAME | Harris, Gilbert Dennison |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jamestown , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1952 |
| Place of death | Ithaca , New York |