Background
Day, David Talbot was born on September 10, 1859 in E. Rockport (Lakewood), Ohio, United States. Son of Willard Gibson and Caroline (Cathcart) Day.
Day, David Talbot was born on September 10, 1859 in E. Rockport (Lakewood), Ohio, United States. Son of Willard Gibson and Caroline (Cathcart) Day.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1881, Doctor of Philosophy, 1884.
Demonstrator chemistry, U. Maryland, 1884-1885. Chief, mining and mineral resources division, 1886-1907, expert in charge petroleum investigations, United States Geological Survey, 1907-1914. Consultant chemist United States Bureau Mines, Washington, 1914-1920.
Exhibitor Centennial Exhibition, 1876.
Special agent United States Geological Survey, 1883-1885. In charge petroleum exhibits, Chicago Exposition, 1893.
Director of mining, Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, 1896. Secretary Jury of Awards, Tennessee Centennial, 1897.
Director of mining, Transport-Mississippi Exposition, 1898.
In charge petroleum, et cetera, Philadelphia Centennial, 1899, Paris Exposition, 1900. In charge mining, Buffalo Exposition, 1901. Honorary chief department of mines and metallurgy, Saint Lewis Exposition, 1904.
Honorary commissioner of mining, Lewis and Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905, Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
United States commissioner International Common for Petroleum Tests, 1907-1909. President fuel section, International Congress Applied Chemistry, 1912.
Compiler of Mineral Resources of the United States, 1885-1904. Author: Day’s Handbook of the Petroleum Industry.
Home: Washington, Distric.
Married Elizabeth Eliot Keeler, March 17, 1886.