Professor
Cornelius Searle Hurlbut
(
–
)
1906
2005
Harvard University
;
Cambridge, MA
Mineralogist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
1946
Research concerned chiefly with the earth sciences, particularly mineralogy. In latter years emphasis was on the geology and mineralogy of the borate minerals in the Andes of Argentina. The results of the research projects have been published in several earth science journals. After retirement, his research was devoted chiefly to gemology and the publication of a college textbook, Gemology.
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