William Bullock Clark, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Bullock Clark

American geologist

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1860

Place of Birth: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States

Date of Death: 27-Jul-1917

Profession: geologist, meteorologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About William Bullock Clark

  • For other people named William Clark, see William Clark (disambiguation) For the Lewis and Clark Expedition, see Lewis and Clark ExpeditionWilliam Bullock Clark, Ph.
  • D., LL.D (December 15, 1860 – July 27, 1917), was an American geologist.He was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, and educated at Amherst College and in Munich.
  • In 1888 he became connected with the United States Geological Survey. William Bullock Clark was a professor of geology at Johns Hopkins University (1887–1917) who led the department through a period of great growth, during which it awarded forty-six PhDs, twice as many as any other university.
  • One of these was the first PhD in meteorology ever earned in the United States awarded to Oliver Lanard Fassig.
  • In addition to this, Clark founded and directed both the Maryland State Weather Service (founded in 1891) and the Maryland Geological Survey (1896).
  • The State Weather Service was a cooperative venture between Hopkins, the Maryland Agricultural College [now University of Maryland], and the United States Weather Bureau, while the Geological Survey was also a joint effort between the State of Maryland, Hopkins, and the Maryland Agricultural College.
  • In both instances, Johns Hopkins provided facilities and funding for their ongoing support.
  • Clark also served as the State's representative when the Mason-Dixon line was resurveyed in 1900. For his work at the Johns Hopkins University, one of the dormitories in the Alumni Memorial Residences ("AMRs") has been named after him.
  • The building Clark Hall (also at The Johns Hopkins University), however, is not named after him (Clark Hall is named after donor A.
  • James Clark). Clark died in 1917 from a stroke at the age of 57.

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