Jesse James Galloway
Jesse James Galloway , mostly quoted as JJ Galloway, (born August 23, 1882 in Noble County , Indiana , † April 10, 1962 in Bloomington ) was an American micro- paleontologist .
Life
Galloway received his doctorate from Indiana University , was from 1916 curator of paleontology at Columbia University and was later professor at the University of Indiana and research director of paleontology and stratigraphy at the Indiana Department of Conservation.
He was particularly concerned with foraminifera , stromatopores and bryozoa .
In 1956 he became an honorary member of the Paleontological Society .
literature
- Obituary by Orville Bandy, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Volume 73, 1962, pp. 95-98
Fonts
- A Manual of Foraminifera, Bloomington 1933
- with Joseph St. Jean: Ordovician Stromatoporoidea of North America, Bulletins of American Paleontology, Volume 43, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York 1961
- with Joseph St. Jean: Middle Devonian Stromatoporoidea of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca 1957
- with Caroline E. Hemingway: The Tertiary Foraminifera of Porto Rico, New York, Academy of Science, Scientific Survey of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 3/4, 1941, pp. 275–491
- with ER Cumings: Nomenclature and description of the geological formations of Indiana, in: Handbook of Indiana Geology, State Dept. of Conservation, 1922, pp. 403-570
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ On a farm near Cromwell, Indiana
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Galloway, Jesse James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Galloway, JJ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American micro-paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Noble County , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1962 |
| Place of death | Bloomington (Indiana) |