James Hall
1811–98
American geologist and palaeontologist. Palaeontologist to the New York State geological survey from 1843. Also state geologist of Iowa, 1855–8; of Wisconsin, 1857–60. Appointed director of New York State Museum in 1866; made state geologist in 1893.
Sources
DAB
DSB.
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.
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