Background
Watson, Thomas Leonard was born on September 5, 1871 in Chatham, Virginia, United States. Son of Fletcher B. and Pattie Booker (Tredway) Watson.
Watson, Thomas Leonard was born on September 5, 1871 in Chatham, Virginia, United States. Son of Fletcher B. and Pattie Booker (Tredway) Watson.
Bachelor of Science, Virginia Agricultural and Mechanics College (now Virginia Polytechnic Institute), 1890, Master of Science, 1893. Graduate student of University of Virginia, 1891.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1897.
Instructor geology and mineralogy, Virginia Agricultural and Mechanics College, 1892-1895; assistant chemist, Virginia Experiment Station, 1890-1895. Member Cornell Univercity party of geologists on 6th Peary Arctic expedition to North. Greenland, 1896.
Private research worker on rock decay, United States National Museum, 1897-1898.
Assistant state geologist of Georgia, 1898-1901. Professor geology, Denison University, 1901-1904.
Geologist, Georgia Geological Survey, 1902, North Carolina Geological Survey, 1903. Field assistant, United States Geological Survey, 1903-1908.
Professor geology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1904-1907.
Professor economic geology, since 1907, head professor schools of geology, since 1910, University of Virginia State geologist and director Virginia Geological Survey, since 1908.
Member sub-committee of National Research Council. Member from American Institute Mining Engineers of War Minerals Committee. Member Committee of 100 on Scientific Research.
Member Executive Committee National Conservation Congress.
Fellow Geological Society America (councilor, 1915-1917), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mineral. Society America (councilor since 1922.
Married Adelaide Stephenson, February 8, 1899.