James M. Safford
American geologist and educator
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| Intro | American geologist and educator | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Chemist Geologist | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 1822 | |
| Death | 1907 (aged 85 years) |
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Biography
James M. Safford (1822–1907) was an American geologist, chemist and university professor.
Biography
Early life
James Merrill Safford was born in 1822. He received an M.D. and a PhD. He was trained as a chemist at Yale University.
Career
He taught at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee from 1848 to 1873. He served as a Professor of Mineralogy, Botany, and Economical Geology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1875 to 1900. He was a Presbyterian, and often started his lessons with a prayer.
He served on the Tennessee Board of Health. Additionally, he acted as a chemist for the Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture in the 1870s and 1880s.
He published fifty-four books, reports, and maps.
Death
He died in 1907.