Franklin R. Carpenter
Franklin Reuben Carpenter (November 5, 1848 at
Dean of Faculty, and Professor of Geology at the Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, South Dakota.[5][6] He invented a new smelting process, authored a number of works on geology and papers on mining and smelting, and was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.[7][8] A descendant of John Carpenter (c1713-1760) of Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey and of a Carpenter family with a tradition of ironworking, he married Annette Howe on December 23, 1874 in Arapahoe County, Colorado; they were the parents of eleven children.[9]
References
- ^ Who Was Who in America, with World Notables, Volume IV, 1961-1968. Chicago: Marquis-Who's Who, Inc. p. 156.
- ^ H. O. Hofman. 1910. Biographical Notice of Franklin R. Carpenter, in Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers 41: 869-875.
- ^ Jim Comstock. 1976. The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Richwood, W.Va.: The Editor. Vol. 4, p. 823.
- ^ Marquis-Who's Who, 1968, op.cit.
- ^ Marquis-Who's Who, 1968, op.cit.
- ^ Hofman, 1910, op.cit.
- ^ Who Was Who in American History - Science and Technology. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Inc., 1976, p. 96.
- ^ Marquis-Who's Who, 1968, op.cit.
- ^ Hofman, 1910, op.cit.