Samuel Franklin Emmons

Samuel Franklin Emmons ( born March 29, 1841 in Boston, † March 28, 1911 in Washington) was an American geologist.

From 1857 he studied at Harvard University, where he his AB in 1861 and 1862 his A.M. acquired. In 1862 he went to the École des Mines in Paris and 1864/65 he was at the Mining Academy in Freiberg.

In 1867 he participated as an assistant geologist with the U.S. Geological Exploration of the 40th parallel. Since 1877, he ran a cattle ranch in Wyoming. In 1879 he was geologist of the Rocky Mountains Division at the U.S. Geological Survey.

He was a member of, among others, in the Geological Society in London.

Publications

  • Abstract of a report upon Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville; Colorado
  • Geologist ( 19th century)
  • Americans
  • Born in 1841
  • Died in 1911
  • Man
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