James M. Safford

James Merrill Safford
Born 1822
Died 1907
Occupation Geologist
Chemist
University professor

James M. Safford (1822-1907) was an American geologist, chemist and university professor.

Biography

Early life

James Merrill Safford was born in 1822.[1] He received an M.D. and a PhD.[2] He was trained as a chemist at Yale University.[3]

Career

He taught at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee from 1848 to 1873.[3][4] He served as a Professor of Mineralogy, Botany, and Economical Geology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1875 to 1900.[2][3] He was a Presbyterian, and often started his lessons with a prayer.[3]

He served on the Tennessee Board of Health.[3] Additionally, he acted as a chemist for the Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture in the 1870s and 1880s.[3]

He published fifty-four books, reports, and maps.[3]

Death

He died in 1907.[1]

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).[5]
  • James M. Safford, A geological report of the coal and oil lands in Kentucky (Louisville, Kentucky: J.P. Morton & co., 1865).[6]
  • James M. Safford, Geology of Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: S. C. Mercer, 1869.).[7]
  • 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).[8]

References

  1. 1 2 The University of Pennsylvania Library: James M. Safford
  2. 1 2 Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Richard G. Stearns, James M. Safford, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, December 25, 2009
  4. ↑ P. Doyle, Matthew R. Bennett Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History, Springer, 2002, p. 111
  5. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
  6. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
  7. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
  8. ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library
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