Thomas Sterry Hunt
Thomas Sterry Hunt (born September 5, 1826 in Norwich (Connecticut) , † February 12, 1892 in New York City ) was an American chemist and mineralogist.
Life
His parents were Peleg Hunt and Jane Elisabeth, b. Stunt, a daughter of Consider Stunt. After his father died in 1838, he had to leave school and work for a living, developing his interest in science. In 1845 he was a New York newspaper correspondent at the meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists in New Haven (later the American Association for the Advancement of Science ), where he was unanimously elected a member of the Association. He became friends with Benjamin Silliman Sr., who won him admission to the Scientific School of Yale University, where he became assistant to Benjamin Silliman Junior. 1845-47 he published 18 articles in Silliman's Journal.
In February 1847 he became a chemist and mineralogist at the Geological Survey of Canada founded in Montreal in 1842 under director William Edmond Logan , where he worked for the next 25 years. In 1856 he became professor of chemistry at Laval University in Quebec . In 1857 he acquired the Dr. hc From 1862 to 1867 he was at McGill University in Montreal.
In 1857 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1863 he published the first scientific description of the rock type anorthosite .
In 1872 he became professor of geology at MIT . In 1877 he married Anna Rebecca Gale. The following year he officially retired, returned to Montreal and continued his research. He fell ill in the early 1880s and spent the last two years of his life at New York's Park Avenue Hotel or St. Luke's Hospital.
In 1848 he proposed that ozone was made up of three oxygen atoms. He set up his own system of organic chemistry and defined two geological systems of the Proterozoic , the Laurentian system and the Huronian system . In addition to his books, he published over 200 writings.
Memberships
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 1851
- Member of the Royal Society in London, 1859
- Member of the American Philosophical Society , 1861
- Officer of the French Legion of Honor , 1867
- President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , 1870
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences , 1873
- President of the Institution of Mining Engineers , 1877
- President of the American Chemical Society , 1879
Works
- Chemical and Geological Essays (1875, ed. 2, 1879)
- Mineral Physiology and Physiography (1886)
- A New Basis for Chemistry (1887, ed. 3, 1891)
- Systematic Mineralogy (1891)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FRANK DAWSON ADAMS: BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR (PDF; 1.6 MB)
- ^ Association of American Geologists and Naturalists. Retrieved February 4, 2010 .
- ^ T. Sterry Hunt: On Norite or Labradorite Rock . In: American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. XLVIII, Nov. 1869, p. 2 (footnote), accessed May 10, 2010
- ^ Ann Rebecca Gale, at rootsweb.ancestry.com
- ^ Member History: Thomas S. Hunt. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 6, 2018 .
Web links
- Biosphere reserve named with his name in the Appalachian Mountains
- Entry for Hunt, Thomas Sterry (1826-1892), mineralogist in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunt, Thomas Sterry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist and mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich (Connecticut) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1892 |
| Place of death | New York City |