James M. Safford Explained

James M. Safford
Birth Name:James Merrill Safford
Birth Date:13 August 1822
Birth Place:Putnam, Ohio
Death Place:Dallas, Texas
Education:Yale University
Occupation:Geologist
Chemist
University professor
Signature:Signature of James Merrill Safford (1822–1907).png

James Merrill Safford (1822–1907) was an American geologist, chemist and university professor.

Biography

Early life

James M. Safford was born in Putnam, Ohio on August 13, 1822.[1] [2] He received an M.D. and a PhD.[3] He was trained as a chemist at Yale University.[4]

He married Catherine K. Owens in 1859, and they had two children.[2]

Career

Safford taught at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee from 1848 to 1873.[4] [5] He served as a professor of mineralogy, Botany, and Economical Geology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1875 to 1900.[3] [4] He was a Presbyterian, and often started his lessons with a prayer.[4]

He served on the Tennessee Board of Health.[4] Additionally, he acted as a chemist for the Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture in the 1870s and 1880s.[4]

He published fifty-four books, reports, and maps.[4]

Death

He died in Dallas on July 2, 1907.[1] [6]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Safford%2C%20James%20M.%20%28James%20Merrill%29%2C%201822-1907 The University of Pennsylvania Library: James M. Safford
  2. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . VIII . James T. White & Company . 228 . 1924 . 2021-01-19 . Google Books.
  3. http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/exhibits/faculty/vufaculty1875.shtml Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
  4. Richard G. Stearns, James M. Safford, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, December 25, 2009
  5. P. Doyle, Matthew R. Bennett Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History, Springer, 2002, p. 111 https://books.google.com/books?id=hUetZ-ICvt4C&dq=James+M.+Safford&pg=PA111
  6. News: Mortuary . . Dallas . 3 . 1907-07-04 . 2021-01-19 . Newspapers.com.
  7. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010847142 HathiTrust Digital Library
  8. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001588642 HathiTrust Digital Library
  9. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008602749 HathiTrust Digital Library
  10. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009554369 HathiTrust Digital Library