August Foerste

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August F. Foerste
August Foerste in Edward Ulrich office at Smithsonian in July 25, 1933 - public domain photo taken by Ray Bassler.jpg
BornMay 7, 1862 (1862-05-07)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 1936 (1936-04-24) (aged 73)
Resting placeWoodland Cemetery Dayton Ohio
Alma materDenison University
Harvard University
Heidelberg University
College de France
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUnited States National Museum

August F. Foerste (1862–1936) was an American geologist, science teacher, and paleontologist.

Biography[]

Foerste was born on May 7, 1862 in Dayton, Ohio.[1] He studied geology at Denison University, from which he received a bachelor's degree in 1887. Later, he got master's degree at Harvard University in 1888, and Ph.D. in 1890. He served as an assistant for the United States Geological Survey, in Harvard, in which he studied stratigraphy and petrography of New England. After his graduation from Harvard, he studied at the Heidelberg University and College de France for two years. He returned to Dayton in 1893 and became a science teacher at Robert W Steele High School, a position which he kept till his retirement in 1932.

In 1896, 1897, and 1899 he spent his summer vacations in Indiana, while conducting geological surveys. In 1908 and 1919 he spent his summers in Ohio, doing his geological surveys there as well. From 1904 to 1912 he was in Kentucky conducting a geological survey; doing the same while in Canada from 1911 to 1912. He began researching invertebrate paleontology at the United States National Museum in 1920, where he was appointed an Associate in Paleontology in 1932. He died on April 23, 1936 and is buried at Woodland Cemetery.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Yoakam, Rosalie (18–24 November 2010). "August F. Foerste one of the top geologists/paleontologists of era". Dayton Daily News. p. 14. Retrieved 8 March 2021.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. ^ "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "August F. Foerste - Geological Pioneer". Retrieved March 31, 2017.
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