Ebenezer Emmons

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Ebenezer Emmons was a 19th-century American geologist and natural historian known for his pioneering work in stratigraphy and the geology of New York and the Adirondack Mountains.

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instanceOf geologist
human
natural historian
activeInPeriod 19th century
birthDate 1800-05-16
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1863-10-01
educatedAt Rensselaer School NERFINISHED
Williams College NERFINISHED
employer New York State Geological Survey NERFINISHED
Williams College NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork geology
natural history
stratigraphy
genre scientific writing
hasAcademicDiscipline agricultural geology
economic geology
influenced development of American stratigraphic nomenclature
knownFor geological study of New York
geology of the Adirondack Mountains
pioneering work in stratigraphy
memberOf American Association for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement early stratigraphic classification of rocks in New York
first formal use of the name Adirondack for the mountain region
notableConcept Taconic System NERFINISHED
notableWork New York Geological Survey NERFINISHED
occupation geologist
naturalist
placeOfBirth Middlefield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Brunswick, North Carolina NERFINISHED
positionHeld State Geologist of New York NERFINISHED
State Geologist of North Carolina
sexOrGender male
studied Adirondack Mountains NERFINISHED
Paleozoic stratigraphy
Taconic Mountains NERFINISHED
workLocation Massachusetts NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
North Carolina NERFINISHED
wrote Agriculture of New York NERFINISHED
Geology of New York, Part II: Comprising the Survey of the Second Geological District NERFINISHED
Manual of Mineralogy and Geology NERFINISHED
Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey NERFINISHED

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Amos Eaton notableStudent Ebenezer Emmons
Mount Marcy firstAscentBy Ebenezer Emmons