Henry Darwin Rogers

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academic geologist person

Henry Darwin Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist best known for directing the first geological survey of Pennsylvania and advancing the study of Appalachian geology.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1808-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1866-05-29 ⓘ
educatedAt College of William & Mary ⓘ
surface form: William and Mary College
employer first geological survey of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Geological Survey of Pennsylvania

University of Glasgow ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Rogers ⓘ
fieldOfWork Appalachian geology ⓘ
economic geology ⓘ
geology ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline natural history ⓘ
influenced development of American stratigraphic geology ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary British geologists ⓘ
knownFor advancing the study of Appalachian geology ⓘ
directing the first geological survey of Pennsylvania ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Philosophical Society ⓘ
Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
middleName Darwin ⓘ
notableAchievement produced one of the earliest comprehensive state geological surveys in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Reports on the geology of New Jersey ⓘ
first geological survey of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: The Geology of Pennsylvania

first geological survey of Pennsylvania ⓘ
occupation geologist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Glasgow ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow ⓘ
state geologist of Pennsylvania ⓘ
publicationDate 1858 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling William Barton Rogers ⓘ
studied coal fields of Pennsylvania ⓘ
stratigraphy of the Appalachian region ⓘ
workLocation Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

Pennsylvania ⓘ

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William Barton Rogers → sibling → Henry Darwin Rogers ⓘ
first geological survey of Pennsylvania → chiefScientist → Henry Darwin Rogers ⓘ
subject surface form: First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
first geological survey of Pennsylvania → director → Henry Darwin Rogers ⓘ
subject surface form: First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
first geological survey of Pennsylvania → participant → Henry Darwin Rogers ⓘ
subject surface form: First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania