Charles Whitman Cross, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American geologist
Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1854
Place of Birth: Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 20-Apr-1949
Profession: geologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Charles Whitman Cross
- Charles Whitman Cross (September 1, 1854 – April 20, 1949) was an American geologist.
- He was educated at Amherst College, the University of Göttingen, and Leipzig University.
- A petrologist, much of his field work concerned rocks in Colorado.
- He and three other geologists proposed the CIPW norm that is still used in normative mineralogy.
- He was also active in scientific societies and institutions.
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