William Harmon Norton (1856 – 1944 in Mount Vernon) was an American geologist and classicist.[2][3][4]
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Norton studied at Cornell College and became an academic there.[2] Initially a classicist, he became fascinated with geology and founded the college's geology department.[5] He became professor of Greek and geology in 1881 and of geology alone in 1890 until his retirement in 1924, also working for the United States Geological Survey.[2] He is particularly known for his textbook Elements of Geology.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Norton, William Harmon; Hendrixson, W. S.; Simpson, HE; Meinzer, O. E.; others (1912). Underground Water Resources of Iowa. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Miner, Neil A. (18 August 1944). "William Harmon Norton 1856-1944". Science. 100 (2590): 141. doi:10.1126/science.100.2590.141.a.
- ^ Norton, William Harmon. "Presidential Address - The Social Service of Science". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 8 (1): 17–34. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Cornell College Bulletin: In Memoriam Dr. William Harmon Norton. 1944. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Academic Achievement Awards". Cornell College. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Book Notices: The Elements of Geology". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 38 (4): 263. 1906. doi:10.2307/197897.
- ^ Jefferson, Mark S. W. (9 November 1906). "The Elements of Geology . By William Harmon Norton. Ginn and Co. 1905". Science. 24 (619): 590–591. doi:10.1126/science.24.619.590.