Wilmot Hyde Bradley
Wilmot Hyde Bradley (born April 4, 1899 in New Haven (Connecticut) , † April 12, 1979 in Bangor (Maine) ) was an American geologist . From 1944 to 1959 he was chief geologist of the US Geological Survey .
Bradley studied engineering and chemistry, then geology, at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School , where he received his doctorate in geology in 1920. He then went to the US Geological Survey, where he explored the Eocene Green River Formation , which was considered a potential source of oil shale. He became an expert on these and published on many aspects of the formation, from paleontology, geochemistry, paleoclimatology and paleolimnology, stratigraphy to mineralogy. In 1943 he became Chief Military Geologist of the United States and in 1944 President of the US Geological Survey. In 1970 he retired.
In 1972 he received the Penrose Medal . He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society . In 1947 he received an honorary doctorate from Yale. In 1958 he was awarded the US Department of the Interior's Distinguished Service Medal. In 1965 he was President of the Geological Society of America .
The mineral bradleyite is named in his honor and was found in the Green River Formation.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Wilmot Hyde Bradley. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Webmineral Bradleyite
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bradley, Wilmot Hyde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven (Connecticut) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1979 |
| Place of death | Bangor (Maine) |