About Warren Upham
Lived 1850 – 1934 (aged 83). Warren Upham was an American botanist, geologist, archaeologist and librarian.
Warren Upham (March 8, 1850 – January 29, 1934) was an American geologist, archaeologist, and librarian who is best known for his studies of glacial Lake Agassiz.
Biography Warren Upham was born in Amherst, New Hampshire and attended Dartmouth College. He married Addie M. Bixby in 1885 and they had a daughter.
Upham worked as a geologist in New Hampshire before moving in 1879 to Minnesota to study the resources and glacial geology of that state.
He worked for the U.S. Geological Survey from 1885 to 1895.
He was a member of the Geological Society of America, the Boston Society of Natural History, and the Archaeological Society of America.
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Who was Warren Upham?
American geologist (1850-1934)
When was Warren Upham born?
Warren Upham was born on 8 March 1850 in Amherst.
When did Warren Upham die?
Warren Upham died on 29 January 1934 in Saint Paul.
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Warren Upham was a botanist, geologist, archaeologist and librarian.
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Warren Upham was American.
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