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 |
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| 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
- James M. Safford, The Silurian basin of Middle Tennessee, with notices of the strata surrounding it. (New Haven, Printed by B.L. Hamlen, 1851).[7]
- James M. Safford, A geological report of the coal and oil lands in Kentucky (Louisville, Kentucky: J.P. Morton & co., 1865).[8]
- James M. Safford, Geology of Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: S. C. Mercer, 1869.).[9]
- James M. Safford and Joseph Buckner Killebrew, The elements of the geology of Tennessee. Prepared for the use of the school of Tennessee, and for all persons seeking a knowledge of the resources of the state. (Nashville, Tennessee: Foster & Webb, 1900).[10]
Notes and References
- 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
- Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . VIII . James T. White & Company . 228 . 1924 . 2021-01-19 . Google Books.
- http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/exhibits/faculty/vufaculty1875.shtml Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
- Richard G. Stearns, James M. Safford, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, December 25, 2009
- 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
- News: Mortuary . . Dallas . 3 . 1907-07-04 . 2021-01-19 . Newspapers.com.
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010847142 HathiTrust Digital Library
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001588642 HathiTrust Digital Library
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008602749 HathiTrust Digital Library
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009554369 HathiTrust Digital Library
