Charles Henry Smyth Jr.
American geologist (1866–1937)
Biography
Charles Henry Smyth Jr. (; March 31, 1866 – April 4, 1937) was an American geologist. Born to a prominent family in Upstate New York, he studied geology at Columbia University before becoming a professor of geology at Hamilton College and Princeton University. At Princeton he strengthened the Department of Geology's graduate program.
Smyth specialized in petrology, chemical geology, and economic geology. He showed the sedimentary origin of iron ore deposits near his native Clinton, New York, mapped the geology of the western Adirondack Mountains, and published a well known monograph on the origins of alkaline igneous rocks. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a fellow of the Geological Society of America.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Princeton University
Family
- Children
- Charles Phelps Smyth
Awards & honours (2)
- Fellow of the Geological Society of America
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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