Smith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927
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Name (Latin)
Smith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927
Date of birth
1841-10-27
Date of death
1927-09-07
Occupation
College teachers
state geologist
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- LC data base, 8-14-89(hdg.: Smith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927; usage: Eugene A. Smith; Eugene Allen Smith)
- NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Fontaine, W. Papers, 1874-1878(Smith, Eugene Allen)
- WWWA,vol. 1, 1897-1942 (state geologist of Alabama; Confederate army officer; prof. at Univ. of Alabama)
- Eugene Allen Smith (October 27, 1841, Washington, Alabama - September 7, 1927, Tuscaloosa, Alabama) was an American geologist. After serving in the American Civil War, he became the Alabama state geologist in 1873 and president of the Geological Society of America in 1913. graduated University of Alabama in 1862 ; In 1865 he entered graduate school at the University of Berlin, followed by further studies at the University of G̲ttingen, and finally spent two years at the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1868. Instructor of chemistry at University of Mississippi ; 1871 named professor of geology at University of Alabama ( (Wikipedia web site, July 8, 2025:) )