About Theodore B. Comstock
Lived 1849 – 1915 (aged 65). Theodore B. Comstock was an American geologist, university president and educator.
Theodore Bryant Comstock (1849–1915) was an American geologist, educator, university administrator, and mining consultant. He served as the first president of the University of Arizona.
Early life Theodore B. Comstock was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on July 27, 1849. He earned a bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, and postgraduate degrees from Cornell University. He married Blanche Huggins in 1880.
He served as first president of the University of Arizona from 1894 to 1895. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from what is now Pennsylvania State University in 1868, a Bachelor of Science in 1870 and D.Sc. in 1886 from Cornell University.
Theodore B. Comstock died at his home in Los Angeles on July 26, 1915.
Works Reports on the Geology of Northwestern Wyoming (1874) Outline of General Geology (1878) Map of San Juan County, Colo. (1882) Reports on gold and silver, Arkansas survey, and on the central mineral region of Texas (1889)
He made contributions to American Naturalist, the American Journal of Science, and the Engineering and Mining Journal.
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American geologist (1849-1915)
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Theodore B. Comstock was born on 27 July 1849 in Cuyahoga Falls.
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Theodore B. Comstock died on 26 July 1915 in Los Angeles.
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Theodore B. Comstock was a geologist, university president and educator.
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