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Florence Bascom
American geologist (1862–1945)
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Details
Instance of
human
Born
14 July 1862
Died
18 June 1945
Place of birth
Williamstown
Place of death
Williamstown
Sex or gender
female
Given name
Florence
Family name
Bascom
Father
John Bascom
Mother
Emma Curtiss Bascom
Field of work
geology
,
petrography
Occupation
geologist
,
university teacher
,
author
,
editor
,
educator
Citizenship
United States
Awards
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
archives at
Sophia Smith Collection
,
Bryn Mawr College
cause of death
cerebrovascular disease
described by source
Women In Science
,
Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
,
Great expectations: Florence Bascom (1842–1945) and the education of early US women geologists
educated at
University of Wisconsin–Madison
,
Johns Hopkins University
,
Williams College
employer
United States Geological Survey
,
Rockford University
,
Bryn Mawr College
,
Ohio State University
influenced by
George Huntington Williams
languages spoken, written or signed
English
manner of death
natural causes
member of
National Research Council
,
American Geophysical Union
name in native language
Florence Bascom
place of burial
Williams College Cemetery
professorship
full professor
student
Ida Helen Ogilvie
,
Eleanora Knopf
work location
Bryn Mawr
,
Washington, D.C.
,
Maryland
,
Pennsylvania
,
Mount Desert Island
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
Cecil county
The Ancient Volcanic Rocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania
Geology and mineral resources of the Honeybrook and Phoenixville quadrangles, Pennsylvania
Subject of
Bascom, Florence (1862-1945), geologist and educator
Influenced
Julia Anna Gardner
Child of
John Bascom
Emma Curtiss Bascom
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