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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → geologist → person →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1808-08-01 →
dateOfDeath	1866-05-29 →
educatedAt	William and Mary College →
employer	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 → 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 → Pennsylvania →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania →	chiefScientist
First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania →	director
First Geological Survey of Pennsylvania →	participant
William Barton Rogers →	sibling