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Emmons, William Harvey was born on February 1, 1876 in Mexico, Missouri, United States. Son of Saint Clair Peyton and Elizabeth Harvey (Ford) Emmons.
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William Harvey Emmons, American geologist. Member American Commission to China, 1920, to study coal and iron for S. Manchurian Railway; Member Geological Society America (vice president 1923), Geological Society Washington. American Institute Mining Engineers, Society Economics Geology (president 1928); member (honorary) American Association Petroleum Engineers, Geological Societies of France and of Belgium, Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Gamma Alpha.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1897. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1904.
Career
Geologic aid, 1904-1906, assistant geologist, 1906-1910, geologist, 1910-1915, United States Geological Survey. Lecturer on ore deposits, 1907, on petrology, 1908, assistant professor petrology and economics geology, 1908-1909, associate professor economics geology, 1909-1912, University of Chicago. Professor and head of department geology and mineralogy, University of Minnesota since 1911, professor emeritus since 1944.
Also director Minnesota Geological Survey.
Associate editor Journal of Geology.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Commission to China, 1920, to study coal and iron for South. Manchurian Railway. Member Geological Society America (vice president 1923), Geological Society Washington. American Institute Mining Engineers, Society Economics Geology (president 1928).
Member (honorary) American Association Petroleum Engineers, Geological Societies of France and of Belgium, Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Gamma Alpha.
Connections
Married Virginia Cloyd, September 6, 1910. Children: Elizabeth, William Cloyd.
