Jay Backus Woodworth

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Jay Backus Woodworth (born January 2, 1865 in Newfield , New York - † August 4, 1925 ) was an American geologist .

Life

Jay Backus Woodworth, son of Review Allen Beach and his wife Amanda Smith Woodworth, completed after school to study geology at the Harvard University belonging Lawrence Scientific School , which he in 1894 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Geology) ended . He then stayed at Harvard University, where he was initially a lecturer in geology. He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1900 . and 1901 Assistant Professor of Geology at Harvard University. There he was also a member of the Board of Directors from 1901 to 1905 and head of the Department of Geology and Geography between 1904 and 1908. He then became head of the Seismographic Station at Harvard University in 1908 .

Woodworth was also a fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA), whose advisory board he was a member from 1910 to 1912. In 1912 he was appointed Associate Professor of Geology at Harvard University, where he taught until his death. He was also a member of the Geological Service of the State of Massachusetts between 1915 and 1917 and was a member of the Committee on Geology and Paleontology of the National Research Council (NRC) during the First World War from 1917 to 1918 and was at the same time chairman of its sub-commission for use seismographic use in war. After the end of the war he was again an employee of the geological service of Massachusetts between 1918 and 1919 and additionally from 1918 until his death in 1925 a geologist at the US geological authority USGS ( United States Geological Survey ) . In 1921 he also served as the first vice president of the Geological Society of America.

Publications

  • The Atlantic Coast Triassic Coal Field , 1902 ( online version )
  • Geological expedition to Brazil and Chile, 1908–1909 , 1912 ( online version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900–1949 on the homepage of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
personal data
SURNAME Woodworth, Jay Backus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Newfield , New York
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1925