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2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 141
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T147. Exemplars and Exceptions: Using Individual and Group Biography to Understand Critical Issues in the History of Geology

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; History of Earth Sciences Society

 

Julie R. Newell and Stephen M. Rowland, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
EXPLORING EARLY GEOLOGY'S DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BIOGRAPHY: THE CASE OF FRANCE IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY
TAYLOR, Kenneth L., History of Science, University of Oklahoma, 601 Elm Street, Room 625, Norman, OK 73019, ktaylor@ou.edu, ktaylor@ou.edu
 
8:25 AM
Discussion
2
8:35 AM
RICHARD KIRWAN (1733-1812): GEOLOGICAL GADFLY
NEWCOMB, Sally, retired, 13120 Two Farm Drive, Silver Spring, MD MD 20904, senewcomb@earthlink.net, senewcomb@earthlink.net
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8:50 AM
EDWARD HITCHCOCK AS EXEMPLAR AND EXCEPTION IN THE RECEPTION OF THE GLACIAL THEORY
MARCHÉ II, Jordan D., Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530, marche@kutztown.edu, marche@kutztown.edu
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9:05 AM
MICHAEL TUOMEY AS EXEMPLAR AND EXCEPTION: CAREER PATTERNS AMONG ANTEBELLUM AMERICAN GEOLOGISTS
NEWELL, Julie, Social and International Studies, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060, jnewell@spsu.edu, jnewell@spsu.edu
5
9:20 AM
MURCHISON IN POLAND: AN EXAMPLE OF 19TH CENTURY FIELDWORK METHODOLOGY
DIEMER, John A., Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223 and KRZYWIEC, Piotr, Polish Geological Institute, ul. Rakowiecka 4, Warsaw, 00-975, Poland, jadiemer@uncc.edu, jadiemer@uncc.edu
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9:35 AM
MAKING IT PAY: THE STRANGE (?) CAREER OF DAVID T. ANSTED
VAN RIPER, A. Bowdoin, Department of Social and International Studies, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060, bvanriper@bellsouth.net, bvanriper@bellsouth.net
 
9:50 AM
Break
7
10:05 AM
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRANK TAYLOR'S GEOLOGICAL THEORIES AS ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS -- AN EXAMPLE OF BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICAL ISSUES
BACLAWSKI, Diane K., Division of Science & Math Ed, Michigan State University, 102 North Kedzie Lab, East Lansing, MI 48824-1031, baclaws2@msu.edu, baclaws2@msu.edu
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10:20 AM
RELIGIOUS ASSUMPTIONS IN LORD KELVIN'S ESTIMATES OF THE EARTH'S AGE
WILSON, Leonard G., Saint Paul, MN 55105, wilso004@umn.edu, wilso004@umn.edu
9
10:35 AM
THE LEGACY OF ARTHUR LAKES
SIMMONS, Beth, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Metropolitan State College of Denver, P.O. Box 173362, CB 22, Denver, CO 80217-3362 and HONDA, Katherine, A.M. Bailey Library, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205-5798, simmonse@mscd.edu, simmonse@mscd.edu
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10:50 AM
THE CAREER OF JAMES E. THURSTON AND THE EXTINCTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD COLLECTOR IN NORTH AMERICAN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and TANKE, Darren, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0, Canada, steve.rowland@unlv.edu, steve.rowland@unlv.edu
 
11:05 AM
Break
11
11:15 AM
IRISH GEOLOGISTS AND ENGINEERS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY INDIA: INTERTWINED PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES
WYSE JACKSON, Patrick N., Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin, 2, Ireland, wysjcknp@tcd.ie, wysjcknp@tcd.ie
12
11:30 AM
GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGISTS AT THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1853-1906: A COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY
LEVITON, Alan E.1, ALDRICH, Michele2 and WILLIAMS, Gary C.1, (1)California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, (2)California Academy of Sciences, 24 Elm Street, Hatfield, MA 01038, aleviton@catalacemy.org, aleviton@catalacemy.org
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11:45 AM
THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN STATE GEOLOGISTS: 1908-2008
COBB, James C., Kentucky Geological Survey, 228 MMRB, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, cobb@uky.edu, cobb@uky.edu
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