Bailey Willis

Bailey Willis ( born March 31, 1857 in Idlewild -on-Hudson, New York, USA, † February 19, 1949 in Palo Alto, California ) was an American geologist.

Willis makes his studies at Columbia University in New York, where he graduated as a mechanical and civil engineer.

Willis was 1895-1902 Lecturer of Geology at Johns Hopkins University.

In 1910 he was entrusted by the Argentine government with the leadership of a commission to investigate the hydrology in northern Patagonia, which also includes the topographer Emilio Frey belonged.

In 1915 he became a professor at Stanford University.

In 1920 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. From 1921 to 1926 he was president of the Seismological Society of America, 1928 President of the Geological Society of America.

In 1910 he was awarded the gold medal of the Société Géographique de France, 1944 with the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America.

Works

  • The Mechanics of the Appalachian Structure
  • Living Africa
  • African Plateaus and Rift Valleys
  • Earthquake Conditions in Chile
  • Earthquakes in the Holy Land
  • Geological Map of North America
  • Geologist ( 19th century)
  • Geologist ( 20th century)
  • President of the Geological Society of America
  • University teachers (Stanford )
  • University teachers ( Johns Hopkins University)
  • Member of the Seismological Society of America
  • Americans
  • Born in 1857
  • Died in 1949
  • Man
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