James Furman Kemp
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James Furman Kemp (August 14, 1859 – November 17, 1926) was an American geologist.
Early life
He was born in
He served as manager and scientific director of the New York Botanical Gardens (after 1898), and lectured on geology at Johns Hopkins, MIT, and McGill.
Publications
Besides numerous articles, reports, and monographs, he published Ore Deposits of the United States and Canada (1893; third edition, rewritten, 1900) and Handbook of Rocks (1896; fifth edition, 1911). Kemp was president of the Geological Society of America in 1921.[1][2] He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1911, the American Philosophical Society in 1912, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1921.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 0-8137-1155-X.
- ^ "James F. Kemp". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "James Furman Kemp". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
External links
Works by or about James Furman Kemp at Wikisource- Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
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