Eliot Blackwelder

Eliot Blackwelder
Born(1880-06-04)June 4, 1880
Chicago, Illinois, US
DiedJanuary 14, 1969(1969-01-14) (aged 88)
Palo Alto, California, US
EducationPh.D. (1914)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
SpouseJean Otis Bowersock
Parents
  • Isaac Simeon Blackwelder (father)
  • Alice Gertrude Boughton (mother)
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
ThesisPost-cretaceous history of the mountains of central western Wyoming

Eliot Blackwelder (June 4, 1880 – January 14, 1969) was an American geologist and educator. Known primarily as a field geologist, from 1922 to 1945 he was head of the Stanford University department of geology. He served as president of the Geological Society of America in 1940 and of the Seismological Society of America from 1947 to 1949.[1][2]

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