James M. Safford

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

James Merrill Safford
Born1822
Died1907
OccupationGeologist
Chemist
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. The University of Pennsylvania Library: James M. Safford
  2. Vanderbilt University faculty in 1875
  3. 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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