Charles Doolittle Walcott, paleontologist / Ellis L. Yochelson.
Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927) is one of the most important and highly respected figures in the history of geology. This in-depth biography documents his career and life from birth to retirement from the U.S. Geological Survey in 1907, when he became Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Beginning: Ancestors and Motivations in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New York (1850-1871)
- 2. Rust Farm: Cows and Collecting / Tilling and Trilobiting (1871-1876)
- 3. Onward to Albany: The Palaeontology of James Hall (1876-1879)
- 4. A Grand Beginning: Riding into the Sunset with a Toehold on a Government Mule (1879-1880)
- 5. Eureka! Practical Paleontology (1880-1883)
- 6. Potsdam: Start with What You Think You Know (1883-1886)
- 7. Domestic and International Relations: Getting Down to Basics (1887-1888)
- 8. Settling In: Home Fires and Political Fires Are Not the Same for a Field Paleontologist (1889-1892)
- 9. The Director: Administrators Administrate, but Directors Set the Direction (1893-1894).