William Libbey
William A. Libbey III (born March 27, 1855 in Jersey City in New Jersey , † September 6, 1927 in Princeton , New Jersey) was a professor of physical geography at Princeton University . He was also a silver medalist with the US team at the Olympics .
Life path
Libbey was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1855. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, Libbey was responsible for ensuring that orange and black were chosen as school colors. Libbey graduated in 1877. He then went on a scientific expedition to the western United States. On July 17, 1877, he achieved the first documented ascent of the 4,327 m high Mount Princeton in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado . In 1879 Libbey received his PhD in geology from Princeton University. In 1880 he was appointed director of the Elizabeth Marsh Museum of Geology and Archeology . He also became an associate professor and taught physical geography. In 1883 Libbey became a professor. In 1886 Libbey took part in the New York Times expedition to Alaska . He named a glacier after the Swiss-American naturalist Louis Agassiz .
Libbey reached the rank of Colonel in the New Jersey National Guard . He took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm and won the silver medal in the team discipline running deer 100 m single shot team .
Libbey died in Princeton in 1927.
Honors
In Alaska the Libbey Glacier was named after him.
Web links
- Literature by and about William Libbey in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ William Libbey . www.olympic.org. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Libbey, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Libbey, William A. III |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geographer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jersey City |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1927 |
| Place of death | Princeton |