William Harmon Norton

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[edit]

  1. ^ Norton, William Harmon; Hendrixson, W. S.; Simpson, HE; Meinzer, O. E.; others (1912). Underground Water Resources of Iowa. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Miner, Neil A. (18 August 1944). "William Harmon Norton 1856-1944". Science. 100 (2590): 141. doi:10.1126/science.100.2590.141.a.
  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.
  6. ^ "Book Notices: The Elements of Geology". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 38 (4): 263. 1906. doi:10.2307/197897.
  7. ^ Jefferson, Mark S. W. (9 November 1906). "The Elements of Geology . By William Harmon Norton. Ginn and Co. 1905". Science. 24 (619): 590–591. doi:10.1126/science.24.619.590.

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