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Map from Underground Water Resources of Iowa (1912), co-written by Norton

William Harmon Norton (1856 – 1944 in Mount Vernon) was an American geologist and classicist.

Norton studied at Cornell College and became an academic there. Initially a classicist, he became fascinated with geology and founded the college's geology department. He became professor of Greek and geology in 1881 and of geology alone in 1890 until his retirement in 1924, also working for the United States Geological Survey. He is particularly known for his textbook Elements of Geology.

References

  1. Norton, William Harmon; Hendrixson, W. S.; Simpson, HE; Meinzer, O. E.; others (1912). Underground Water Resources of Iowa. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ Miner, Neil A. (18 August 1944). "William Harmon Norton 1856-1944". Science. 100 (2590): 141. doi:10.1126/science.100.2590.141.a.
  3. Norton, William Harmon. "Presidential Address - The Social Service of Science". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 8 (1): 17–34. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. Cornell College Bulletin: In Memoriam Dr. William Harmon Norton. 1944. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. "Academic Achievement Awards". Cornell College. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. "Book Notices: The Elements of Geology". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 38 (4): 263. 1906. doi:10.2307/197897.
  7. Jefferson, Mark S. W. (9 November 1906). "The Elements of Geology . By William Harmon Norton. Ginn and Co. 1905". Science. 24 (619): 590–591. doi:10.1126/science.24.619.590.

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