Claude Ellsworth Siebenthal

Background

Siebenthal, Claude Ellsworth was born on April 16, 1869 in Vevay, Indiana, United States. Son of John Amie and Annie (McKay) Siebenthal.

Education

Descendant of John Francis de Siebenthal, one of the Swiss founders of Vevay and Switzerland Company, Indiana, 1801. Student Indiana University, 1889-1891, 1893-1894. Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1892, Master of Arts, 1893.

Fellow University of Chicago, 1897-1899, 1900-1901.

Career

Assistant geologist Arkansas Geological Survey, 1889-1893. Instructor geology, Indiana University, 1891. Assistant geologist Indiana Geological Survey, 1896-1899.

Instructor physiography and geology, Indianapolis Manual Training School, 1899-1900.

Assistant geologist, 1901-1910, geologist, since 1911, United States Geological Survey.

Achievements

• Claude Ellsworth Siebenthal has been listed as a noteworthy geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Myrtle Madden, December 14, 1904.

Father:

John Amie Siebenthal

Mother:

Annie (McKay) Siebenthal

Spouse:

Myrtle Madden