James Merrill Safford (1822–1907) was an American geologist, chemist and university professor.
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| Born | James Merrill Safford August 13, 1822 Putnam, Ohio |
| Died | July 2, 1907 (aged 84) Dallas, Texas |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist Chemist University professor |
| Spouse | Catherine K. Owens (m. 1859) |
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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
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]