Background
Raymond, Rossiter Worthington was born on April 27, 1840 in Cincinnati. Son of Professor Robert R. and Mary Ann (Pratt) Raymond.
Raymond, Rossiter Worthington was born on April 27, 1840 in Cincinnati. Son of Professor Robert R. and Mary Ann (Pratt) Raymond.
Graduate Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1858. Studied universities Munich and Heidelberg and Mining Academy, Freiberg. Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Lafayette, 1869.
Doctor of Laws, Lehigh University, 1906, and University of Pittsburgh, 1915.
Captain aide-de-camp in Union Army, 1861-1864. Consulting engineer, New York, 1864-1868. United States commissioner of mining statistics, 1868-1876.
Lecturer on economics geology, Lafayette College, 1870-1882.
Editor American Journal of Mining, 1867-1868. An editor and special contributor Engineering and Mining Journal, since 1868.
United States commissioner to Vienna Exposition, 1873. New York State commissioner of electric subways for Brooklyn, 1885-1888.
Lecturer on mining law, Columbia, 1903.
One of original members, vice president, 1871, 1876-1877, president, 1872-1874, secretary, 1884-1911, secretary emeritus, since 1911, American Institute Mining Engineers. Japanese Imperial Order of Rising Sun, 4th class, 1911. Author: Die Leibgarde (German), 1863.
Mineral Resources of the United States in and West of the Rocky Mountains (8 volumes), 1868-1875.
Brave Hearts, 1873; The Manitoba in the Moon, 1874. The Book of Job, 1878.
Camp and Cabin, 1879. Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms, 1881.
Two Ghosts, 1879; Life of Alex L. Holley, 1883.
Life of Peter Cooper, 1901. Also technical works and papers, especially on mining law. Home: Brooklyn.
Married Sarah M. Dwight, 1863.