18th/19th-century American geologist and cartographer
William Maclure
William Maclure
Born
27 October 1763
Ayr, Scotland
Died
23 March 1840(1840-03-23) (aged 76)
San Ángel, Mexico
Nationality
Born in Scotland
Citizenship
American
Known for
First geological map of America 1809, and New Harmony Society
Scientific career
Fields
geology, education, philanthropy
Institutions
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
William Maclure (27 October 1763 – 23 March 1840) was an Americanized Scottish geologist, cartographer and philanthropist.[1][2] He is known as the 'father of American geology'.[3][4] As a social experimenter on new types of community life, he collaborated with British social reformer Robert Owen, (1771–1854), in Indiana, United States.
Maclure had a highly successful mercantile career, making a fortune that allowed him to retire in 1797 at the early age of 34 to pursue his scientific, geological and other interests. In 1809 he made the earliest attempt at a geological map of the United States of America.[5]
^Chisholm 1911.
^Bantu, Richard E. (1948). "New Harmony's Golden Years". Indiana Magazine of History (1): 26. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^Geikie, Archibald (1905). The Founders of Geology (2nd ed.). London and New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited. pp. 458. Retrieved 3 February 2019 – via Internet Archive.
^Merrill, George P. (1906). Contributions to the History of American Geology. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 217. hdl:2027/mdp.39015066939177.
^Merrill, G.P. (1904) Contributions to the history of American geology. Rep. US Natn. Mus. For 1904, Gov Printing Office, Washington D.C., 189-733, 1906
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