Rollin D. Salisbury
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Rollin Daniel Salisbury was an American
geologist
and educator.
in 1858. He studied at Whitewater State Normal School in Whitewater, Wisconsin
, graduating in 1877 after completing the four-year course in just two-and-one-half years. He taught in a village school in Port Washington, Wisconsin
, for one year before entering Beloit College
as a sophomore in the fall of 1878. At Beloit, he studied geology with T.C. Chamberlin as his professor. After graduating from Beloit in 1881, he spent one year working for the U.S. Geological Survey as Chamberlin's field assistant, during which time he lived in the Chamberlin household. After Chamberlin left Beloit in 1882, Salisbury joined the college faculty, becoming an assistant professor in 1882 and full professor and chair of the geology department in 1884, remaining there for several years.
In 1892 he was one of the scholars on the Peary Relief Expedition to Greenland.
After working at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for one year, he was called to the University of Chicago
in 1892. At Chicago he became dean of the Ogden Graduate School of Science in 1899, a position he held at the time of his death in 1922. He also organized the university's department of geography in 1903, heading it until 1918. He also served as assistant geologist and geologist for the United States Geological Survey
government from 1882 onwards.
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geologist
Geologist
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and educator.
Biography
Salisbury was born at Spring Prairie, WisconsinSpring Prairie, Wisconsin
Spring Prairie is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,089 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Honey Creek, and Voree are located in Spring Prairie.-Geography:...
in 1858. He studied at Whitewater State Normal School in Whitewater, Wisconsin
Whitewater, Wisconsin
Whitewater is a city in Jefferson and Walworth Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located near the southern portion of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, Whitewater is the home of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.-Geography:...
, graduating in 1877 after completing the four-year course in just two-and-one-half years. He taught in a village school in Port Washington, Wisconsin
Port Washington, Wisconsin
Port Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is about 25 miles north of Milwaukee and 110 miles north of Chicago. In the 2000 census Port Washington had a population of 10,467...
, for one year before entering Beloit College
Beloit College
Beloit College is a liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and has an enrollment of roughly 1,300 undergraduate students. Beloit is the oldest continuously operated college in Wisconsin, and has the oldest building of any college...
as a sophomore in the fall of 1878. At Beloit, he studied geology with T.C. Chamberlin as his professor. After graduating from Beloit in 1881, he spent one year working for the U.S. Geological Survey as Chamberlin's field assistant, during which time he lived in the Chamberlin household. After Chamberlin left Beloit in 1882, Salisbury joined the college faculty, becoming an assistant professor in 1882 and full professor and chair of the geology department in 1884, remaining there for several years.
In 1892 he was one of the scholars on the Peary Relief Expedition to Greenland.
After working at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for one year, he was called to the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
in 1892. At Chicago he became dean of the Ogden Graduate School of Science in 1899, a position he held at the time of his death in 1922. He also organized the university's department of geography in 1903, heading it until 1918. He also served as assistant geologist and geologist for the United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
government from 1882 onwards.
External links
- Rollin D. Salisbury, Beloit College Archives
- University of Chicago Library Guide to the Rollin D. Salisbury Papers
Publications list
- Salisbury, R.D. 1884. Aeolian ripple-marks. ScienceScience (journal)Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
3(54):172. - Chamberlin, T.C. and Salisbury, R.D. 1885. Preliminary paper on the driftless area of the upper Mississippi Valley. In: Powell, J.W. (ed), Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1884-1885, pp. 199-322.
- Chamberlin, T.C. and Salisbury, R.D. 1891. On the relationship of the Pleistocene to the pre-Pleistocene formations of the Mississippi Basin, south of the limit of glaciation. The American Journal of ScienceAmerican Journal of ScienceThe American Journal of Science is the United States of America's longest-running scientific journal, having been published continuously since its conception in 1818 by Professor Benjamin Silliman, who edited and financed it himself...
, 3rd Series, 41(245):359-377. - Salisbury, R.D. 1892. Certain extra-morainic drift phenomena of New Jersey. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 3:173-182.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1892. On the northward and eastward extension of the pre-Pleistocene gravels of the Mississippi basin. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 3:183-186.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1894. Studies for students: Superglacial drift. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
2(6):619-632. - Salisbury, R. D. 1895. Pre-glacial gravels on the quartzite range near Baraboo, Wisconsin. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
3:655-667. - Salisbury, R.D. 1895. Report on Surface Geology for 1894, from the Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the year 1894. Trenton, NJ: The John L. Murphy Pub. Co. Printers, 149 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1895. The Arctic Expedition of 1895, and Lieutenant Peary's work. ScienceScience (journal)Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
NS 2(41):457-460. - Salisbury, R.D. 1896. Loess in the Wisconsin drift formation. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
4(8):929-937. - Salisbury, R.D. 1896. The Philadelphia brick clays, et al. ScienceScience (journal)Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
NS 3(65):480-481. - Salisbury, R.D. 1896. Volcanic ash in southwestern Nebraska. ScienceScience (journal)Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
NS 4(101):816-817. - Salisbury, R.D. 1897. On the origin and age of the relicbearing sand at Trenton, N.J. ScienceScience (journal)Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
NS 6(157):977-981. - Salisbury, R.D. and Atwood, W.W.Wallace Walter AtwoodWallace Walter Atwood was an American geographer and geologist.Wallace Walter Atwood main contribution was his idea of Global Species Consolidation. He theorized that men follow a set path in their evolution. The first stage is Dispersion, which represents migration from a point of origin...
1897. Drift phenomena in the vicinity of Devils Lake and Baraboo, Wisconsin. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
5:131-147. - Salisbury, R.D. 1898. The Physical Geography of New Jersey. C. Changes effected by the wind. Trenton, NJ: The John L. Murphy Pub. Co. Printers, pp. 161-167.
- Salisbury, R.D. and Alden, W.C. 1899. The Geography of Chicago and Its Environs. Geographic Society of Chicago Bulletin No. 1, 64 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D. and Atwood, W.W. 1900. The geography of the region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 5.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1901. Glacial work in the western mountains in 1901. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
9:718-731. - Salisbury, R.D. 1901. The surface formations in southern New Jersey. New Jersey Geological Survey, Annual Report for 1900, pp. 33-40.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1902. Recent progress in glaciology. ScienceScience (journal)Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
NS 15(374):353-355. - Salisbury, R.D., Kümmel H.B., Peet, C.E. and Knapp, G.N. 1902. The Glacial Geology of New Jersey. Volume V of the Final Report of the State Geologist. Trenton, NJ: MacCrellish & Quigley, 802 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1904. Three new physiographic terms. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
12:707-715. - Salisbury, R.D. 1905. The mineral matter of the sea, with some speculations as to the changes which have been involved in its production. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
13:469-484. - Salisbury, R.D. 1905. The mineral matter of the sea. The Scottish Geographical Magazine 21:132-136.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1906. Glacial geology of the Bighorn Mountains. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 51, pp. 71-90.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1906. Glacial geology of the Cloud Peak and Fort McKinney quadrangles Wyoming. United States Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the United States, Folio 142, pp. 9-12.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1906. The Illinois geological survey. The Journal of GeologyThe Journal of GeologyThe Journal of Geology publishes research on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences...
14(1):65-87. - Chamberlin, T.C. and Salisbury, R.D. 1906. Geology. Three volumes. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1907. Physiography. New York: Henry Holt, 770 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D. and Atwood, W.W. 1908. The interpretation of topographic maps. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 60, 84 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1910. Elementary Physiography. New York: Henry Holt, 359 pp.
- Willis, B. and Salisbury, R.D. 1910. Outlines of geologic history with especial reference to North America. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 306 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D., Barrows, H.H. and Tower, W.S. 1912. The Elements of Geography, New York: Henry Holt, 616 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D., Barrows, H.H. and Tower, W.S. 1913. Modern Geography for High Schools. New York: Henry Holt, 418 pp.
- Chamberlin, T.C. and Salisbury, R.D. 1914. Introductory Geology. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 708 pp.
- Salisbury, R.D. 1918. Geology in education. ScienceScience (journal)Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
NS 47(1214):325-335.