August Foerste
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August F. Foerste (1862–1936) was an American geologist, science teacher, and paleontologist.
Biography
Foerste was born on May 7, 1862, in
Robert W Steele High School
, a position which he kept till his retirement in 1932.
In 1896, 1897, and 1899 he spent his summer vacations in Indiana, while conducting geological surveys. In 1908 and 1919 he spent his summers in Ohio, doing his geological surveys there as well. From 1904 to 1912 he was in Kentucky conducting a geological survey; doing the same while in Canada from 1911 to 1912. He began researching invertebrate paleontology at the United States National Museum in 1920, where he was appointed an Associate in Paleontology in 1932. He died on April 23, 1936, and is buried at Woodland Cemetery.[2][3]
References
- ^ Yoakam, Rosalie (November 18–24, 2010). "August F. Foerste one of the top geologists/paleontologists of era". Dayton Daily News. p. 14. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ "August F. Foerste – Geological Pioneer". Retrieved March 31, 2017.
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