John Casper Branner

Geologist, Organization leader

1850 – 1922

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Who was John Casper Branner?

John Casper Branner was an American geologist and academic who discovered bauxite in Arkansas in 1887 as State Geologist. He was Chair of the Departments of Botany and Geology at Indiana University 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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Born
Jul 4, 1850
New Market
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Cornell University
  • Maryville College
Employment
  • Stanford University
Died
Mar 1, 1922

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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