Background
Kirk, Charles Townsend was born on June 22, 1876 in Francisco, Indiana, United States. Son of David Henry and Martha Jane (Townsend) Kirk.
Kirk, Charles Townsend was born on June 22, 1876 in Francisco, Indiana, United States. Son of David Henry and Martha Jane (Townsend) Kirk.
Bachelor of Science, University of Oklahoma, 1904, Master of Arts, 1905. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1911.
Instructor in geology, State School of Mines, Butte, Montana, 1906-1908. Instructor in correspondence school, University of Wisconsin, 1908-1910. Instructor and assistant professor geology, Hunter College, New York City, 1910-1913.
Professor geology University of New Mexico, and state geologist, 1913-1917.
Field geologist, United States Geological Survey, 1910-1911, 1934-1936, 1938-1989. Examinations mining, petroleum and natural gas lands and dam sites in Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent and Spanish America since 1909.
Installed Oklahoma Mineral Exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, 1904. Judge of exhibits Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, California, 1915.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Association Petroleum Geologists, New York Academy Sciences (secretary geological section 1913), New Mexico Geography Society (secretary 1916-1917), New Mexico Association Science (president 1916), Tulsa Geological Society (president 1923), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Mason (32°). Wrote: Pennsylvanian-Permian Contact through Oklahoma, 1904.
Married Bessie Keller, August 22, 1906. Children: Ora Jane, Betty Clare, David Keller, Florence Nell.