William Harmon Norton

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Map from Underground Water Resources of Iowa (1912), co-written by Norton[1]

William Harmon Norton (1856 – Mount Vernon, 1944) was an American geologist and classicist.[2][3][4]

Norton studied at Cornell College and became an academic there.[2] Initially a classicist, he became fascinated with geology and founded the college's geology department.[5] He became professor of Greek and geology in 1881 and of geology alone in 1890 until his retirement in 1924, also working for the United States Geological Survey.[2] He is particularly known for his textbook Elements of Geology.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Norton, William Harmon; Hendrixson, W. S.; Simpson, HE; Meinzer, O. E.; others (1912). Underground Water Resources of Iowa. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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  3. ^ Norton, William Harmon. "Presidential Address - The Social Service of Science". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 8 (1): 17–34. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ Cornell College Bulletin: In Memoriam Dr. William Harmon Norton. 1944. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Academic Achievement Awards". Cornell College. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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  7. doi:10.1126/science.24.619.590
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