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Safford, James Merrill 1822-

Geologist; born in Putnam (now Zanesville), O., Aug. 13, 1822; graduated at the Ohio State University in 1844; Professor of Natural Science in Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1848-72; during which time (1854-60 and since 1871) he was State Geologist of Tennessee; Professor of Chemistry in the medical department of the University of Nashville and Vanderbilt University in 1874-94; and for more than thirty years was a member of the State board of health. He is author of Geology reconnoissance of Tennessee; Geology of Tennessee; and many papers on geological subjects.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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