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Jul 01, 1862 Palmyra, New York, United States Died on 07 Feb 1935 (aged 72)
geologist from the United States
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About David White Geologist
- Charles David White (July 1, 1862 – February 7, 1935), who normally went by his middle name, was an American geologist, born in Palmyra, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1886, and in 1889 became a member of the United States Geological Survey.
- Eventually, he rose to be chief geologist. In 1903 he became an associate curator of paleobotany at the Smithsonian Institution.
- He wrote numerous papers on geological and paleontological subjects. The David White House, his home for 15 years, is a U.S.
- National Historic Landmark.He made one of the most comprehensive studies on the Glossopteris Flora, the main component of the fossil deposits of mineral coal in Brazil.David White won the Thompson Medal in 1931 and the Walcott Medal in 1934.
- He was president of the Geological Society of America in 1923.
- He "himself considered that his structure-carbon ratio for the occurrence of oil and gas was his greatest scientific achievement."
