Elias Howard Sellards (1875–1961): Paleontologist, geologist, and anthropologist
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Published:January 01, 1995
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Elsie Darrah Morey, Alicia Lesnikowska, 1995. "Elias Howard Sellards (1875–1961): Paleontologist, geologist, and anthropologist", Historical Perspective of Early Twentieth Century Carboniferous Paleobotany in North America, Paul C. Lyons, Elsie Darrah Morey, Robert H. Wagner
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Elias Howard Sellards (1875–1961) was born in Kentucky but moved to Kansas as an adolescent. He received the B.A. (1899) and M.Sc. (1901) degrees from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1903. He taught at Rutgers College, the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the University of Texas at Austin. He was the first state geologist of Florida (1907–1918), and he was staff geologist (1918–1925), acting director (1925–1932) director (1932–1945), and director emeritus (1945–1961) at the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. From 1938 to 1957, he was simultaneously director of the Texas Memorial Museum. His broad...
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