Background
Read, Thomas Thornton was born on February 10, 1880 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas H. and Hannah C. (Thornton) Read.
Read, Thomas Thornton was born on February 10, 1880 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas H. and Hannah C. (Thornton) Read.
Engineer of Mines, Columbia, 1902, fellow, 1904-1905, Doctor of Philosophy, 1906.
Associate professor mining, University of Wyoming, 1902-1904. Assistant in mineralogy, Columbia University, 1905-1906. Professor mining and metallurgy, Colorado College, 1906-1907.
Professor metallurgy, Pei Yang University, Tientsin, 1907-1910.
Associate editor Mining and Scientific Press, 1910-1915. Metallurgical engineer New Jersey Zinc Company.
New York, 1916-1918. Metallurgist, Army Ordnance, 1918-1919.
Chief of information service, United States bureau of Mines, 1919-1923, Supervising mining engineer, 1923-1924, safety service, director, 1924-1926. Assistant secretary American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1926-1929.
Vinton professor of mining engineering, Columbia, since 1929. Editor of Mining and Metallurgy, 1926-1932.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Mining Engineers, Council on Foreign Relations, American Academy Political Science.
Married Mary C. Peck, July 26, 1910. Children: Mary Celia, Thomas Albert, Myron.