Henry Darwin Rogers
1808–66
American geologist. Professor of geology and mineralogy, University of Pennsylvania, 1835. Appointed director of the geological survey of New Jersey, 1835; of Pennsylvania, 1836. Chairman, Association of American Geologists, 1843. Regius professor of natural history, Glasgow University, 1857–66. FRS 1858.
Sources
DAB
DSB
Record of the Royal Society of London.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
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