Background
Mathews, Edward Bennett was born on August 16, 1869 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Jonathan Bennett and Sophia Lucinda (Shailer) Mathews.
Mathews, Edward Bennett was born on August 16, 1869 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Jonathan Bennett and Sophia Lucinda (Shailer) Mathews.
Bachelor of Arts, Colby College, 1891, Doctor of Science, 1927. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1894.
Field assistant United States Geological Survey, seasons of 1891-1894. Instructor mineralogy and petrography, 1894-1895, Johns Hopkins University, associate, 1895-1899, associate professor, 1899-1904, professor since 1904, chairman geological department, 1917-1939, professor emeritus since 1939. Assistant state geologist Maryland, 1898-1917, state geologist since 1917.
Member Maryland.
State Board of Forestry. Director Maryland Weather Service. Chairman division geology and geography, National Research Council, 1919-1922, and member of advisory committee since 1933.
Vice president International Geological Congress, 1922, 26, and 29, treasurer, 1933.
Chairman advisory council United States Board of Surveys and Maps, 1920-1943 and since 1929. Member Maryland. State Development Commission since 1929, Maryland.
Water Resources Commission since 1933.
Member of Maryland-Virginia Boundary commission, 1927-1931. Director Department Geology, Mining and Water Resources, 1941-1943. Fellow Geological Society America (treasurer since 1917), Washington Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Economics Geologists, Mineralogical Society, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Geography Society, Association of America State Geologists (president 1920-1923), Maryland.
History Society, Society Colonial Wars.
Married Helen Louise Whitman, September 12, 1900. Children: William Whitman (deceased), Margaret (Mistress Richard West. Thorpe), John B. (deceased), Roger H. (deceased).