Henry Darwin Rogers

Henry Darwin Rogers
Born(1808-08-01)1 August 1808
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died26 May 1866 (1866-05-27) (aged 57)
Glasgow, Scotland
CitizenshipUnited States
Scientific career
Fieldsgeology
InstitutionsProfessor of Chemistry & Natural Philosophy, Dickinson College (1829)
Surveyed geology of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Professor of Geology, Philadelphia University; Professor of Natural History, Glasgow University (1857–66)
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1856)
Fellow of the Royal Society of London (1858)
The grave of Henry Darwin Rogers, Dean Cemetery

Henry Darwin Rogers FRS FRSE LLD (1 August 1808 – 26 May 1866) was an American geologist. His book, The Geology of Pennsylvania: A Government Survey (1858), was regarded as one of the most important publications on American geology issued up to that point.[1]

  1. ^ Merrill, George P. (1924). The First One Hundred Years of American Geology (Reprint 1969 ed.). New York: Hafner Publishing Company. pp. 373–379.