James M. Safford
Born
James Merrill Safford

(1822-08-13)August 13, 1822
Putnam, Ohio
DiedJuly 2, 1907(1907-07-02) (aged 84)
Dallas, Texas
EducationYale University
Occupation(s)Geologist
Chemist
University professor
Spouse
Catherine K. Owens
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(m. 1859)​
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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]

References

  1. 1 2 The University of Pennsylvania Library: James M. Safford
  2. 1 2 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. p. 228. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Richard G. Stearns, James M. Safford, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, December 25, 2009
  5. ↑ P. Doyle, Matthew R. Bennett Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History, Springer, 2002, p. 111
  6. ↑ "Mortuary". Austin American-Statesman. Dallas. July 4, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
  8. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
  9. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
  10. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
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