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James M. Safford
Born James Merrill Safford
(1822-08-13 ) August 13, 1822Died July 2, 1907(1907-07-02) (aged 84) Education
Yale University Occupation(s) Geologist Chemist University professor Spouse
Catherine K. Owens
(
m. 1859)
James Merrill Safford (1822–1907) was an American
geologist ,
chemist and
university professor .
Biography
Early life
James M. Safford was born in
Putnam, Ohio on August 13, 1822.
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[2] He received an M.D. and a PhD.
[3] He was trained as a chemist at
Yale University .
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He married Catherine K. Owens in 1859, and they had two children.
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Career
Safford taught at
Cumberland University in
Lebanon, Tennessee from 1848 to 1873.
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[5] He served as a professor of mineralogy, Botany, and Economical Geology at
Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, Tennessee from 1875 to 1900.
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[4] He was a Presbyterian, and often started his lessons with a prayer.
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He served on the
Tennessee Board of Health .
[4] Additionally, he acted as a chemist for the
Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture in the 1870s and 1880s.
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He published fifty-four books, reports, and maps.
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Death
He died in
Dallas on July 2, 1907.
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Bibliography
James M. Safford, The Silurian basin of Middle Tennessee, with notices of the strata surrounding it. (New Haven, Printed by B.L. Hamlen, 1851).
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James M. Safford, A geological report of the coal and oil lands in Kentucky (Louisville, Kentucky: J.P. Morton & co., 1865).
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James M. Safford, Geology of Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: S. C. Mercer, 1869.).
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James M. Safford and
Joseph Buckner Killebrew , The elements of the geology of Tennessee. Prepared for the use of the school of Tennessee, and for all persons seeking a knowledge of the resources of the state. (Nashville, Tennessee: Foster & Webb, 1900).
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References
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The University of Pennsylvania Library: James M. Safford
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The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. p. 228. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Google Books.
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Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
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Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture , December 25, 2009
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"Mortuary" .
Austin American-Statesman . Dallas. July 4, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
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