Background
ASHLEY, George Hall was born on August 9, 1866 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Roscoe Boyd and Anna E. (Hall) Ashley.
ASHLEY, George Hall was born on August 9, 1866 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Roscoe Boyd and Anna E. (Hall) Ashley.
Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1890, A.M., 1892. Doctor of Philosophy., Stanford University, 1894. Doctor of Science, Lehigh University, 1937.
Paleontologist, Rochester, New York, 1889-1891. Assistant geologist, Geological Survey of Arkansas, 1891-1893. Teaching in California, 1894-1896.
Assistant state geologist of Indiana, 1896-1900. Professor biology and geology and curator of museum, College of Charleston, South Carolina., 1900-1903. Professor pharmacognosy, Medical College State of South Carolina., 1901-1903.
Assistant geologist, 1901-1905, geologist, 1905-1912, administrative geologist, 1912-1919, United States Geological Survey. State geologist of Pennsylvania, 1919-1946. Consulting mining geologist since 1946.
Acting professor geology, Vanderbilt University, 1917.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fellow Geological Society of America, Pennsylvania Academy Sciences, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Member Coal Mining Institute America, Society Economics Geological (president 1948).
Member Tennessee Academy, Indiana Academy Science, South Carolina. Pharmaceutical Association.
Married Mary E. Martin, July 11, 1895. Children: Carlyle, Junior.