Eugene Allen Smith
Eugene Allen Smith | |
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| Born | October 27, 1841 Washington, Alabama |
| Died | September 7, 1927 (aged 85) Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama University of Heidelberg |
| Occupation | Geologist |
| Spouse | Jane Henry Meredith |
| Children | Eugene Smith |
| Parent(s) | Samuel Parrish Smith Adelaide Julia Allen |
Eugene Allen Smith (October 27, 1841 – September 7, 1927) was an American geologist. After serving in the American Civil War, he became the Alabama state geologist in 1873 and president of the Geological Society of America in 1913.
Biography
He was born in the (now former) town of
In 1865 he entered graduate school at the University of Berlin, followed by further studies at the University of Göttingen, and finally spent two years at the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1868.[2] Returning to the United States, Dr. Smith joined the University of Mississippi faculty as an instructor of chemistry.[2] In addition to his teaching duties, he served as assistant state geologist for Mississippi from 1868–1871.[1] In 1871 he was named professor of geology at the rebuilding University of Alabama.[2] On July 10, 1872 he married Jane Henry Meredith Garland;[1] the couple had a son, Merrill Smith.[3]
Still on the staff of the University of Alabama, in 1873 Dr. Smith became Alabama state Geologist.
At the age of 86, he died at his home in Tuscaloosa eight days after surgery for a strangulated hernia.[6] During his career, Dr. Smith had 116 publications in geological and scientific scholarly journals.[2] Smith Hall on the University of Alabama campus is named after him; this building is now the Alabama Museum of Natural History.[7] In 1953, he was made a member of the Alabama Hall of Fame.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Owen, Marie B. (1920), Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1919, Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History, pp. 41–42.
- ^ ISBN 978-0817305499.
- ^ "Deaths and Funerals: Eugene Smith", The Tuscaloosa News, p. 14, January 16, 1987, retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ Armes, Ethel (1910), The story of coal and iron in Alabama, Chamber of Commerce, p. 226.
- ^ Fairchild, Herman LeRoy (1932), The Geological Society of America 1888-1930, a Chapter in Earth Science History, New York: The Geological Society of America.
- ISBN 978-1588382436.
- ISBN 978-1440673221.
- ^ Eugene Allen Smith, Alabama Department of Archives and History, January 18, 1996, retrieved 2013-03-15.
External links
- The Eugene Allen Smith Collection, from University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama.
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