John Casper Branner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American geologist, professor of geology and President of Stanford University, Palo Alto
Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1850
Place of Birth: New Market, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 01-Mar-1922
Profession: geologist, university teacher, botanist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John Casper Branner
- John Casper Branner (July 4, 1850 – March 1, 1922) 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.
- 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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