Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
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Name (Latin)
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Other forms of name
Branner, John C. (John Casper), 1850-1922
Branner, J. C. (John Casper), 1850-1922
Date of birth
1850-07-04
Date of death
1922-03-01
Occupation
Authors
Geologists
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Branner, John Casper. A brief grammar of the Portuguese language [SR]:cover frame (John Casper Branner)
- Wikipedia website, Mar. 1, 2024(John Casper Branner; John C. Branner; b. July 4, 1850 New Market, Tenn.; d. Mar. 1, 1922 Palo Alto, Calif.; American geologist; academic; 2nd president of Stanford Univ.; published a grammar of the Portuguese language)
- Branner, P.T. Supplement to Branner family, 1985:t.p. (John Casper Branner)
- LC manual cat.(hdg.: Brannar, John Casper, 1850-1922; usage: John C. Branner; J.C. Branner)
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Wikipedia description:
John Casper Branner (July 4, 1850 – March 1, 1922) was an American geologist and academic who discovered bauxite in Arkansas in 1887 as State Geologist for the Geological Survey of Arkansas. He was chair of the Departments of Botany and Geology at Indiana University Bloomington and later at Stanford University. He was a member of the founding faculty at Stanford and served as the university's second president. He served as president of the Geological Society of America in 1904. He was president of the Seismological Society of America in 1911. He was an expert in Brazilian geology, among many other things.
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