Eliot Blackwelder

Eliot Blackwelder (June 4, 1880 – January 14, 1969) was an American geologist who from 1922 to 1945 was head of the Stanford University department of geology. He served as president of the Geological Society of America in 1940 and of the Seismological Society of America from 1947 to 1949.[1][2] He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Krauskopf, Konrad B. (1976). "Eliot Blackwelder, 1880 – 1969" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 48: 83–103.
  2. ^ "Dr. Eliot Blackwelder is Dead; Retired Stanford Geologist, 88". The New York Times. January 16, 1969.
  3. ^ "Eliot Blackwelder". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  4. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.

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