Joseph Augustine Cushman

Joseph Augustine Cushman
BornJanuary 31, 1881
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 16, 1949(1949-04-16) (aged 68)
Sharon, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial placeBoston, Massachusetts
Occupation(s)Foraminiferologist and academic
Known forForaminifera, Their Classification and Economic Use and his system of discovering petroleum deposits
Academic background
Alma materBridgewater Normal School
Harvard University
ThesisThe Phylogeny of the Miliolidae (1909)
Academic work
DisciplineBiology
Sub-disciplineMicropaleontology
InstitutionsHarvard Museum of Natural History

Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research
Harvard University

United States Geological Survey
Diagram from one of Cushman's scientific articles, drawn by himself

Joseph Augustine Cushman (January 31, 1881 – April 16, 1949) was an American micropaleontologist and academic.[1][2][3][4] He specialized in the study of marine protozoans (foraminifera) and became the foremost foraminiferologist of the first half of the twentieth century, developing to a "world-famous system of discovering petroleum deposits".[2][5][4] He also was a founding father of Kappa Delta Phi fraternity.

  1. ^ Henbest, Lloyd G. (July 1952). "Joseph Augustine Cushman and the Contemporary Epoch in Micropaleontology" (PDF). Proceedings Volume of the Geological Society of America (Annual Report for 1951): 95–102. Retrieved 3 February 2016. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b "Joseph Augustine Cushman | Marine Invertebrates, Mollusks & Fossils". Britannica. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. ^ Ovey, C. D. (June 1949). "Dr. J. A. Cushman". Nature. 163 (4155): 944. Bibcode:1949Natur.163..944O. doi:10.1038/163944b0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 39386374.
  4. ^ a b "Dr. J. A. Cushman Noted Geologist, Harvard Graduate, in Sharon at 68". The Boston Globe. 1949-04-18. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Joseph A. Cushman". Cushman Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-28.