John C. Branner | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Branner in 1896 | |
| 2nd President of Stanford University | |
| In office 1913 – December 31, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | David Starr Jordan |
| Succeeded by | Ray Lyman Wilbur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 4, 1850 New Market, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 1922 (aged 71) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BS) Indiana University (PhD) |
| Profession | Geologist |
John Casper Branner (July 4, 1850 – March 1, 1922)[1] 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 Bloomington 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.[2][3] He was president of the Seismological Society of America in 1911. He was an expert in Brazilian geology, among many other things.[4]
- ^ Memorial Resolution: John Casper Branner, 1850-1922 Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Stanford University Academic Council, April 7, 1922
- ^ Fairchild, Herman LeRoy, 1932, The Geological Society of America 1888-1930, a Chapter in Earth Science History: New York, The Geological Society of America, 232 p.
- ^ Eckel, Edwin, 1982, GSA Memoir 155, The Geological Society of America — Life History of a Learned Society: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Memoir 155, 168 p., ISBN 0-8137-1155-X.
- ^ Vultos da Geografia do Brasil - Coletânea das ilustrações publicadas na Revista Brasileira de Geografia (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 1942. pp. 31–32.