John Casper Branner
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 102 years ago |
Date of birth | July 4,1850 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | New Market |
Tennessee | |
United States | |
Date of died | March 1,1922 |
Died | Palo Alto |
California | |
United States | |
Notable student | Charles Harvey Bollman |
Job | Geologist |
Education | Cornell University |
Maryville College | |
Awards | Hayden Memorial Geological Award |
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ID | 1357275 |
John Casper Branner Life story
John Casper Branner 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 and later at Stanford University.