Background
Whitlock, Herbert Percy was born in 1868 in New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Caroline V. (Hull) Whitlock.
Whitlock, Herbert Percy was born in 1868 in New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Caroline V. (Hull) Whitlock.
Graduate Charlier Institute, New York, 1884. Civil Engineer, Columbia University School of Mines, 1889.
Assistant in mineralogy, Columbia University, 1892-1901. Assistant in mineralogy, New York State Museum, 1901-1904, mineralogist, 1904-1916, state mineralogist, 1916-1918. Curator of mineralogy, American Museum Natural History, 1918-1941, curator emeritus since 1941, department minerals and gems.
Engaged in mineralogic and crystallographic research on mineral species, with special reference to calcite.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Science, Mineral Society American, Geological Society American New York Academy Science, honorary. Member of New York Mineralol. Club. Wrote Museum bulletins: Guide to Mineralogic Collection of the New York State Museum, 1902.
Married Julia Jaques Gardner, 1904.