Background
Patton, Horace Bushnell was born on September 18, 1858 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Weston (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Mary Boardman (Smith) P.
Patton, Horace Bushnell was born on September 18, 1858 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Weston (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Mary Boardman (Smith) P.
Brother of Normand Smith and Cornelius Howard P. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1881. Studied geology, mineralogy and petrography, University of Leipzig, 1883-1885, University of Heidelberg, 1885-1887, Doctor of Philosophy, 1887.
Instructor natural science and mathematics, Howard University, 1881-1883. Instructor petrography and mineralogy, University of Heidelberg, 1887-1888. Professor geology, Rutgers, 1888-1890.
Member Michigan State Geological Survey and instructor mineralogy, Michigan School Mines, 1891-1892.
Professor geology and mineralogy, Colorado School Mines, Golden, September since 1893. Author: Lecture Notes on Crystallography, 1896.
Member Michigan State Geological Survey and instructor mineralogy, Michigan School Mines, 1891-1892.
Married Louise Alice Torrey, June 10, 1904.