Identifier: bulletinofgeolo341923geol (find matches)
Title: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Geological Society of America
Subjects: Geology
Publisher: (New York : The Society)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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¹ Manuscript received by the Secretary of the Society November 8, 1922.
Joseph Barrell, born in New Providence, New Jersey, December 15, 1869, was the
son of Henry Ferdinand and Elizabeth (Wisner) Barrell. B, S. 1892, E. M. 1893, M.S.
1897 (So. D., Honorary, 191G). Lehigh University; Ph. D., Yale University, 1900. Mar-
ried Lena Hopper Bailey December 27, 1902. Teacher in public schools, 1886-87 ; in-
structor in mining and metallurgy, Lehigh University, 1893-97 ; assistant mining engi-
neer, Lehigh Valley Coal Company. 1894, Butte & Boston, and Boston & Montana mining
companies, Butte, Montana, 1897-98 ; held assistant, U. S. Geological Survey, 1899-1901 ;
assistant professor of geology, Lehigh University, and in charge of Department of Nat-
ural Sciences, 1900-03 ; assistant professor of geology, 1903-08, professor of structural
geology, 1908-1919, Yale University. Fellow of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, Geological Society of America. Washington Academy of Sciences,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Paleontological Society, National Academy of
Sciences ; member of Connecticut Academy of Sciences. Died at New Haven, Connecticut,
May 4, 1919.

BULL. GEOL. SOC. AM. VOL. 34, 1922, PL. 2
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MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH BARRELL 19

their productive power. The loss of Irving, Pirsson, and Barrell is a
staggering blow to the geological faculty; it disrupts the team and affects
fundamentally the plans for maintaining a strong, well-balanced depart-
ment. To carry out the program for organized graduate instruction
authorized by the university in 1902, Barrell was the first man called,
and quickly justified the choice. In the words of Professor Schuchert,
He was a power among us and it was around him that our graduate
courses were built. Historical Sketch ²

In Professor Barrell, birth and education appear to have combined to
prepare for a distinguished career. Generations of seafaring men and
farmers in Normandy, England, Massachusetts, New York, and New
Jersey may have contributed a taste for nature and disregard for refine-
ments and superficial views. For Barrell's father one must have the
highest admiration. He was an intellectual leader in a country town—
a lover of books and of the out-of-doors, a man who interested his chil-
dren in trees, insects, and stars and directed their reading in serious
topics relating to natural history

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