Arthur Francis Buddington
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Arthur Francis "Bud" Buddington[1][2] (November 29, 1890 – December 25, 1980) was an American geologist. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he grew up there and in West Mystic, Connecticut. He was educated at Brown University and Princeton University.
Arthur Francis Buddington | |
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Born | (1890-11-29)November 29, 1890 Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
Died | December 25, 1980(1980-12-25) (aged 90) Quincy, Massachusetts, United States |
Alma mater | Brown University Princeton University |
Awards | Penrose Medal (1954) Roebling Medal (1956) U.S. Department of the Interior Distinguished Service Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology |
Institutions | Princeton University U.S. Geological Survey Brown University |
Thesis | Pre-Cambrian rocks of southeast Newfoundland (1916) |
Doctoral advisor | Charles Henry Smyth, Jr. |
Doctoral students | Harry Hammond Hess |
After short stints teaching at Brown and Princeton, serving in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I, and researching at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Buddington settled at Princeton, where he taught for nearly 40 years. He chaired the Department of Geology from 1936 to 1950. He also had a long career with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), doing field work for that agency in Alaska, Oregon, and the northeastern United States.
Buddington was elected to the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His years of work for the USGS earned him the Distinguished Service award of the U.S. Department of the Interior.