Background
Brigham, Albert Perry was born on June 12, 1855 in Perry, New York, United States. Son of Horace A. and Julia (Perry) Brigham.
Brigham, Albert Perry was born on June 12, 1855 in Perry, New York, United States. Son of Horace A. and Julia (Perry) Brigham.
Bachelor of Arts, Colgate, 1879, Master of Arts, 1882, Doctor of Laws, 1925. Student Hamilton Theological Seminary, 1879-1882. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1892; Doctor of Science, Syracuse, 1918.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Franklin, 1921.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1882. Pastor Stillwater, New York, 1882-1885, Utica, 1885-1891. Became professor geology, Colgate, 1892, emeritus professor Instructor Harvard Summer School of Geology, 4 summers.
Professor Cornell Summer School, 1901-1904, University of Wisconsin, 1906.
Lecturer, University of Oxford School of Geogrophy, 4 summers and Hilary term, 1924, also at University of London, 1924. Chief examiner geography, College Entrance Examination Board, 1902-1913.
Examiner in geography, New York State Education Department, 1911-1913, 1917-1919. Vice chairman division geological geography National Research Council.
Member general geografic committee United States Commission Washington Bicentenary.
Author: A Text-Book of Geology, 1900. Introduction to Physical Geography (with G. K. Gilbert), 1902. Geographic Influences in American History, 1903.
Students’ Laboratory Manual of Physical Geography, 1904.
From Trail to Railway Through the Appalachians, 1907. Commercial Geography, 1911.
Essentials of Geography (with C. T. McFarlane), 1916. Cape Cod and the Old Colony, 1920.
Manual for Teachers of Geography (with C. T. McFarlane), 1921.
The United States of America (University of London Press), 1927. Glacial Geology and Geographic Conditions of Lower Mohawk Valley, 1929. Collaborator, New York State Museum.
Consultant in geography, Library of Congress.
Contributing editor Geography Review
Member general geografic committee United States Commission Washington Bicentenary.
Married Flora Winegar, June 27, 1882. Children: Charles Winegar (deceased), Elizabeth (Mistress Lawrence V. Roth).