Henry Stephens Washington (January 15, 1867 – January 7, 1934) was an American geologist.
Biography
editWashington was born in Newark, New Jersey on January 15, 1867.[1] He attended Yale University, graduating in 1886, and took his masters there two years later.[1] He received his Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig in 1893.[1] He also studied at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens, Greece.[2] His research included trips to Greece, Asia Minor, Italy, Spain, Brazil and the Hawaiian islands.[1] By 1920 he was a consulting mining geologist of high reputation.[2]
Works
editHis works include:[2]
- Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks (1903)
- Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks (1904; 2d ed., 1910)
- The Roman Cogmatic Region (1907)
- "The Lavas of Etna" (1926, with M. Aurousseau and Mary G. Keyes)[3]
- "Rocks of Eastern China" (1926, with Mary G. Keyes)[4]
- "Petrology of the Hawaiian Islands V: The Leeward Islands" (1926, with Mary G. Keyes)
- "Rocks of the Galápagos Islands" (1927, with Mary G. Keyes)[5]
- "Petrology of the Hawaiian Islands VI: Maui" (1928, with Mary G. Keyes)[6]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d "DR. H. S. WASHINGTON, PETROLOGIST, DEAD; Carnegie lnstitugion Expert on Rocks Won High Honors in Field Here and Abroad". The New York Times. January 8, 1934. 17. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c Rines 1920, p. 779.
- ^ Washington, H. S., M. Aurousseau, Mary G. Keyes. "The Lavas of Etna" The American Journal of Science 12(1926): 371-408.
- ^ Washington, H. S.; Keyes, Mary G. (1926). "Rocks of Eastern China". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 16 (11): 291–301. ISSN 0043-0439.
- ^ Washington, H. S.; Keyes, Mary G. (1927). "Rocks of the Galápagos Islands". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 17 (21): 538–543. ISSN 0043-0439.
- ^ Washington, Henry S., and Mary G. Keyes, "Petrology of the Hawaiian Islands VI: Maui" The American Journal of Science 15(April 1928): 199-220.
References
edit- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana. p. 779.)
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