George Brown Barbour

August 22, 1890

Edinburgh, Scotland

Came to the United States to reside, 1932. Professor of geology, Peking University, China, 1920-1922. Professor of applied geology, Peiyang University, Tientsin, 1922-1923. Professor of geology, Yenching University, Peking, 1923-1932. Lecturer, Columbia, 1928-1929. Visiting lecturer, University of Cincinnati, 1932-1933. Honorary lecturer University of London, 1934-1937. Acting professor, Stanford University, 1935. Visiting physiographer, Rockefeller Foundation, Peiping, 1934. Associate professor of geology, University of Cincinnati, 1937-1938, professor from 1938, dean college of liberal arts 1938-1958. Geomorphologist South. African Expedition, University of California, 1947.

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Background

Barbour, George Brown was born on August 22, 1890 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Alexander Hugh Freeland and Margaret Nelson (Brown) Barbour.

Education

Preparatory education Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, 1898-1904. Student Marburg University, Germany, 1904-1905. Master of Arts, (Honours), University of Edinburgh, 1911.

Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1914.

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1929.

Career

Came to the United States to reside, 1932. Professor of geology, Peking University, China, 1920-1922. Professor of applied geology, Peiyang University, Tientsin, 1922-1923.

Professor of geology, Yenching University, Peking, 1923-1932.

Lecturer, Columbia, 1928-1929. Visiting lecturer, University of Cincinnati, 1932-1933.

Honorary lecturer University of London, 1934-1937. Acting professor, Stanford University, 1935.

Visiting physiographer, Rockefeller Foundation, Peiping, 1934.

Associate professor of geology, University of Cincinnati, 1937-1938, professor from 1938, dean college of liberal arts 1938-1958. Geomorphologist South. African Expedition, University of California, 1947.

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George Brown Barbour has been listed as a noteworthy educator, geologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with the British Army overseas, 1914-1919. Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh. Member Association American Geographers, Geological Society France, Geological Society China, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Omicron Delta Kappa.

Member Chinese Geological Survey, Society Beige de Geologie et d’ Hydrologie.

Clubs: University (Cincinnati), Athenaeum (London).

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Married Dorothy Dickinson, May 15, 1920. Children: Hugh Stewart, John (Ian) Graeme, Freeland (deceased).

Father:: Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour
Mother:: Margaret Nelson (Brown) Barbour
Spouse:: Dorothy Dickinson
child:: John Barbour (Ian) Graeme
child:: Freeland Barbour (deceased)
child:: Hugh Stewart Barbour

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