Henry Darwin Rogers

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Henry Darwin Rogers, 1896

Henry Darwin Rogers (born August 1, 1806 in Philadelphia , † May 29, 1866 near Glasgow ) was an American geologist, professor and Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow.

Life

Rogers was educated in his parents' home and studied at the College of William & Mary at Williamsburgh in southeast Virginia , USA. 1930/31 he worked as a professor of chemistry and natural history at Dickinson College in Carlisle . He left the United States to complete his education in London. After his return he lectured at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1833/34 . From 1835 he held a professorship at the University of Pennsylvania . In the same year he began a geological and mineralogical survey of the Pennsylvania state territory. Recording was suspended from 1841 to 1851 due to a lack of funds. Rogers concluded the interim results with a comprehensive report in 1840. Rogers worked for various coal mines until he continued to record state geology in 1851. From 1836 to 1842 and again from 1851 to 1854 he was the State Geologist of Pennsylvania . In 1845 Rogers was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

In 1855 he went to Edinburgh , where he completed the last part of his geological work, The Geology of Pennsylvania, a Government Survey .

From 1857 until his death in 1866 he was Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow . In 1856 he was accepted as an honorary member ( Honorary Fellow ) in the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Henry Darwin's brother, William Barton Rogers, was the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

bibliography

  • 1840: Description of the Geology of the State of New Jersey
  • 1844: Address delivered at the meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, delivered in Washington, May 1844
  • 1858: The Geology of Pennsylvania, a Government Survey

biography

  • Patsy Gerstner (2016) Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808--1866 - American Geologist ; The University of Alabama Press; ISBN 9780817388409
  • WS W Ruschenberger, A sketch of the life of Robert E. Rogers, MD, LL. D.: with biographical notices of his father and brothers
  • J. W Gregory (1916) Henry Darwin Rogers ... an address to the Glasgow university geological society, 20th January

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Rogers, Henry Darwin. In: Encyclopeadia Americana. 1920, accessed April 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d unknown: Henry Rogers. In: University of Glasgow website. August 4, 2014, accessed April 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Rogers, Henry Darwin. In: The New International Encyclopædia. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter R. (PDF; 508 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed April 22, 2019 .
  5. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Rogers, Henry Darwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rogers, Henry D .; Rogers, HD; Rogers, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1866
Place of death near Glasgow