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'''Frank Leverett''' (10 March 1859 – 15 November 1943) was an American geologist who specialised in ]. | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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| {{quote box|width=33%|quote="My work has been a steady expansion of the area under investigation, which has spread from the starting points in Iowa and Illinois over the entire glaciated part of the United States between the western limits of the Laurentide ice sheet in Kansas and the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey, and from the Missouri and Ohio valleys northward to the Canadian Boundary. I hastily examined several areas of mountain glaciation in Colorado, California and Washington, and in the Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1916. I carried on a comparative study of European glacial deposits in the year 1908, and was greatly stimulated by the helpful guidance of the leading glacialists, notably Penck, Keilhack, Wahnschaffe, Kilian and de Martonne."|source=—Frank Leverett, talking about his work.<ref name="nas"/>}} | {{quote box|width=33%|quote="My work has been a steady expansion of the area under investigation, which has spread from the starting points in Iowa and Illinois over the entire glaciated part of the United States between the western limits of the Laurentide ice sheet in Kansas and the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey, and from the Missouri and Ohio valleys northward to the Canadian Boundary. I hastily examined several areas of mountain glaciation in Colorado, California and Washington, and in the Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1916. I carried on a comparative study of European glacial deposits in the year 1908, and was greatly stimulated by the helpful guidance of the leading glacialists, notably Penck, Keilhack, Wahnschaffe, Kilian and de Martonne."|source=—Frank Leverett, talking about his work.<ref name="nas"/>}} | ||
| Leverett was one of the leading authorities on ] and authored over 180 reports and papers. He was elected a fellow of both the ] and the ], becoming Vice President of the latter in 1928.<ref name="nas"/><ref name="science">{{cite journal |url= http://www.sciencemag.org/content/99/2573/312.extract |title= Obituary: Memorial to Frank Leverett |journal= Science |volume= 99 |pages= |
Leverett was one of the leading authorities on ] and authored over 180 reports and papers. He was elected a fellow of both the ] and the ], becoming Vice President of the latter in 1928.<ref name="nas"/><ref name="science">{{cite journal |url= http://www.sciencemag.org/content/99/2573/312.extract |title= Obituary: Memorial to Frank Leverett |journal= Science |volume= 99 |pages= 312–313 |accessdate= 14 February 2014 |date= 21 April 1944 |author= Stanard G. Bergquist}}</ref> | ||
| Leverett married Frances Gibson on December 22, 1887, and later married Dorothy Park on December 18, 1895 after Gibson's death. He did not have children by either marriage.<ref name="science"/> Leverett died on November 15, 1943 after a brief illness at his home in ].<ref name="nas">{{cite journal |journal= National Academy of Sciences |volume= 23 |title= Biographical Memoir of Frank Leverett |author= WIlliam H. Hobbs |year= 1944 |url= http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/leverett-frank.pdf |accessdate= 15 February 2014 |pages= |
Leverett married Frances Gibson on December 22, 1887, and later married Dorothy Park on December 18, 1895 after Gibson's death. He did not have children by either marriage.<ref name="science"/> Leverett died on November 15, 1943 after a brief illness at his home in ].<ref name="nas">{{cite journal |journal= National Academy of Sciences |volume= 23 |title= Biographical Memoir of Frank Leverett |author= WIlliam H. Hobbs |year= 1944 |url= http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/leverett-frank.pdf |accessdate= 15 February 2014 |pages=201–215}}</ref> A fortnight before his death a ] of Leverett was constructed by the sculptor ].<ref name="nas"/> | ||
| The ] in ], Leverett Glacier in ], Lake Leverett in Washington (since drained),<ref>{{cite journal |journal= Quarterly Review: A Journal of University Perspectives |title= Glacial Studies of the Pleistocene of North America |page= 181 |volume= 54 |author= Richard J. Lougee |year= 1947}}</ref> and plant species ''Sigillaria leveretti'' were named after Frank Leverett.<ref name="nas"/><ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 8761| name = Leverett Glacier | accessdate = 15 February 2014}}</ref> | The ] in ], Leverett Glacier in ], Lake Leverett in Washington (since drained),<ref>{{cite journal |journal= Quarterly Review: A Journal of University Perspectives |title= Glacial Studies of the Pleistocene of North America |page= 181 |volume= 54 |author= Richard J. Lougee |year= 1947}}</ref> and plant species ''Sigillaria leveretti'' were named after Frank Leverett.<ref name="nas"/><ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 8761| name = Leverett Glacier | accessdate = 15 February 2014}}</ref> | ||
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| Frank Leverett | |
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| Born | (1859-03-10)March 10, 1859 Denmark, Iowa |
| Died | November 15, 1943(1943-11-15) (aged 84) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Glaciology |
| Institutions | United States Geological Survey |
Frank Leverett (10 March 1859 – 15 November 1943) was an American geologist who specialised in glaciology.
Biography
Frank Leverett was born on March 10, 1859 in Denmark, Iowa and was descended from a family that emigrated from Boston, Lincolnshire in 1663. Following an education in Denmark Academy from which he expected to become a farmer, Leverett taught in public schools for a year in 1878 before becoming an instructor in natural sciences at the academy for the following three years. Here he became interested in geology and so enrolled in Colorado College and subsequently Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to study mineralogy and assaying, graduating with a bachelor of science from the latter in 1885. He then began work in a temporary job in Madison, Wisconsin working with the United States Geological Survey. Leverett continued as an assistant until 1890 when he was given the position of assistant geologist, before becoming a geologist in 1901 and a senior geologist in 1928, until his retirement in 1929. Between 1909 and 1929 Leverett was a lecturer in glacial geology at the University of Michigan, the institution who awarded him an honorary degree of doctor of science in 1930.
—Frank Leverett, talking about his work."My work has been a steady expansion of the area under investigation, which has spread from the starting points in Iowa and Illinois over the entire glaciated part of the United States between the western limits of the Laurentide ice sheet in Kansas and the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey, and from the Missouri and Ohio valleys northward to the Canadian Boundary. I hastily examined several areas of mountain glaciation in Colorado, California and Washington, and in the Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1916. I carried on a comparative study of European glacial deposits in the year 1908, and was greatly stimulated by the helpful guidance of the leading glacialists, notably Penck, Keilhack, Wahnschaffe, Kilian and de Martonne."
Leverett was one of the leading authorities on Pleistocene glaciation and authored over 180 reports and papers. He was elected a fellow of both the Geological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, becoming Vice President of the latter in 1928.
Leverett married Frances Gibson on December 22, 1887, and later married Dorothy Park on December 18, 1895 after Gibson's death. He did not have children by either marriage. Leverett died on November 15, 1943 after a brief illness at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A fortnight before his death a bust of Leverett was constructed by the sculptor Carleton Angell.
The Leverett Glacier in Antarctica, Leverett Glacier in Greenland, Lake Leverett in Washington (since drained), and plant species Sigillaria leveretti were named after Frank Leverett.
References
- ^ WIlliam H. Hobbs (1944). "Biographical Memoir of Frank Leverett" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. 23: 201–215. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Stanard G. Bergquist (21 April 1944). "Obituary: Memorial to Frank Leverett". Science. 99: 312–313. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- Richard J. Lougee (1947). "Glacial Studies of the Pleistocene of North America". Quarterly Review: A Journal of University Perspectives. 54: 181.
- "Leverett Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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{{Persondata | NAME = Leverett, Frank | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American geologist who specialised in [[glaciology | DATE OF BIRTH = 1859-03-10 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Denmark, Iowa | DATE OF DEATH = 1943-11-15 | PLACE OF DEATH = Ann Arbor, Michigan }}
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