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John Strong Newberry.
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
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About John Strong Newberry
John Strong Newberry was an American physician, geologist and paleontologist. He participated as a naturalist and surgeon on three expeditions to explore and survey the western United States. During the Civil War he served in the US Sanitary Commission and was appointed secretary of the western department of the commission. After the war he became professor of geology and paleontology at Columbia University School of Mines and chief geologist of the Geological Survey of Ohio.
Everything about John Strong Newberry →- Occupation
- explorer, university teacher, geologist, paleontologist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 22, 1822
- Died
- December 7, 1892