Background
Comstock, Theodore Bryant was born on July 27, 1849 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. Son of Calvin J. and Amelia (Hanford) Comstock.
Comstock, Theodore Bryant was born on July 27, 1849 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. Son of Calvin J. and Amelia (Hanford) Comstock.
Bachelor of Agriculture, Pennsylvania State College, 1868. Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1870 (Doctor of Science, 1886).
First assistant and photographer, Morgan expedition to Brazil, 1870. Professor natural sciences, Pellham Priory, New York, 1871-1872, private school, Cincinnati, 1873. Geologist, Captain West. A. Jones’ North.W. Wyoming and Yellowstone Park expedition, 1873.
Founder, and director Kirtland Summer School of Natural History, Cleveland, 1875.
Acting professor geology and paleontology (founded department of economics geology), Cornell, 1875-1879. Professor mining engineering and physics, University of Illinois, 1885-1889.
Assistant state geologist of Texas, 1889-1891. Founder and director Arizona School of Mines, 1891-1895.
President University of Arizona, 1893-1895.
Assistant, Harvard Summer School of Geology, 1876. Led expedition to North.W. Ty., Canada, 1877. Assistant state geologist of Arkansas, 1887-1888.
Director Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, 1894.
President California Farm & Home Builders. Construction engineering some of the largest mining companies in the world.
Secretary and chief engineer Board of Public Utilities, Los Angeles, 1910-1912. Vice president (presiding) National Irrigation Congress, Los Angeles, 1893.
Member Executive Committee Transport-Mississippi Congress, 1892-1894.
Author: Outline of Geology, 1878. Editor, Bulletin Southern California Academy Sciences, 1901. Home: Los Angeles, California.
Member Executive Committee Transport-Mississippi Congress, 1892-1894.
Married Blanche Huggins, December 9, 1880.