Israel C. White

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Israel Charles White
Columbia School of Mines, University of Arkansas
Known forGeology of West Virginia
Scientific career
FieldsGeology

Israel Charles White (November 1, 1848 – November 24, 1927) was a geologist and professor, internationally known, and the first state geologist of West Virginia.

White was born on a farm in the Battelle district of

Columbia School of Mines and received a doctoral degree from the University of Arkansas in 1880. He began his career in 1875 as an assistant geologist in Pennsylvania. In 1877 he assumed the chair of Geology at West Virginia University,[3]
where he taught until 1892.

In 1878, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.[4]

From 1884 to 1888, he worked as an assistant geologist for the United States Geological Survey, focusing on coal in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. He worked as a geologist at the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey from 1897 onwards, eventually becoming chief of staff.[5]

White field tested the "

oil field. As White stated, "It taught the practical oil men once and for all that they could not afford to disregard geological truths in their search for oil deposits.[5][6][7]

In 1904 he was hired by the

Continental Drift Theory, published by Alfred Wegener in 1912.[9]

He was the treasurer of the Geological Society of America in 1892–1907[10] and its president in 1920.[11][12] He died in Baltimore, Maryland, aged 79.

References

  1. ^ Staff (25 November 1927) "Dr. I. C. White, State Geologist, Dies Suddenly: Passes Away After Slight Operation" Morgantown Post obituary, reprinted under title "Israel Charles White" by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, last accessed 21 October 2010
  2. ^ a b "About Geology and Geography at West Virginia University: History of the Department" Archived 2016-11-02 at the Wayback Machine West Virginia University
  3. ^ "Morris, Sir Daniel". International Who's Who. 1912. p. 1089.
  4. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  5. ^
    JSTOR 27787918
    .
  6. doi:10.1130/GSAB-3-187
    . Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ISBN 0292760566
    .
  8. ^ White, I.C. (1908) "Comissão de Estudos das Minas de Carvão de Pedra do Brasil – Relatório final": Commission for Studies on Brazilian Coal Mines - Final Report; (Bilingual report, Portuguese & English) DNPM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Parte I, p. 1-300 ; Parte II, p. 301-617; (facsimile edition: 1988).
  9. S2CID 129316588
    .
  10. ^ "White, Israel C." International Who's Who. 1912. p. 1089.
  11. ^ Fairchild, Herman LeRoy, 1932, The Geological Society of America 1888-1930, a Chapter in Earth Science History: New York, The Geological Society of America, 232 p.
  12. ISBN 0-8137-1155-X
    .

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