George Herbert Girty

George Herbert Girty
Born 1869
Died 1939
Alma mater Stanford University
Yale University
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions United States Geological Survey

George Herbert Girty (1869–1939) was an American paleontologist.

Biography

Girty was educated at Yale University, where he obtained his PhD in 1894. During his postgraduate year at Stanford University in 1895, he was appointed as a paleontologist, and worked for the United States Geological Survey. He kept that position till he retired 44 years later. He is best known for his research on Permian faunas and for researches of Mississippian and Pennsylvanian invertebrates, in the Western United States.[1]

Works

During his lifetime he wrote only one book:

  • 1911 — The Fauna of the Moorefield Shale of Arkansas[2]

He also co-authored in writing a book called:

  • 1907 — The Arkansas coal field[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Works
  3. ↑ "Co-authorship". Worldcat.org. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2012.


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