Theodore B. Comstock | |
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1st President of the University of Arizona | |
In office 1894–1895 | |
Succeeded by | Howard Billman |
Personal details | |
Born | Theodore Bryant Comstock July 27, 1849 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio |
Died | July 26, 1915 Los Angeles, California | (aged 65)
Spouse |
Blanche Huggins (
m. 1880) |
Education | |
Occupation | Geologist, educator, mining consultant |
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Theodore Bryant Comstock (1849–1915) was an American geologist, educator, university administrator, and mining consultant. [1] He served as the first president of the University of Arizona.
Theodore B. Comstock was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on July 27, 1849. He earned a bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, and postgraduate degrees from Cornell University. [2] He married Blanche Huggins in 1880. [2]
He was a professor of general and economic geology at Cornell University from 1875 to 1879, and a professor of mining engineering and physics at the University of Illinois from 1885 to 1889. [3] [4] [5] [6]
He served as first president of the University of Arizona from 1894 to 1895. [7] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from what is now Pennsylvania State University in 1868, a Bachelor of Science in 1870 and D.Sc. in 1886 from Cornell University. [8]
Theodore B. Comstock died at his home in Los Angeles on July 26, 1915. [9]
He made contributions to American Naturalist, the American Journal of Science, and the Engineering and Mining Journal. [2]