John Conover Smock

John Conover Smock (September 21, 1842 - April 21, 1926) was an American geologist.

John Conover Smock
Born(1842-09-21)September 21, 1842
Holmdel Township, New Jersey
DiedApril 21, 1926(1926-04-21) (aged 83)
Hudson, New York
Education
OccupationGeologist

Biography

Smock was born in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, graduated at Rutgers College in 1862, and was tutor in chemistry there 1865-67.[1] He became Professor-elect of Mining and Metallurgy in 1867, holding the chair 1871-75, meantime studying in Germany at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg and at the University of Berlin. He was assistant in charge of the New York State Museum 1885-89, received the degree of Ph. D. from Lafayette College in 1882,[1] and was manager of the American Institute of Mining Engineers 1875-77.

Smock was associated with George Hammell Cook in preparing the annual reports of the Geological Survey of New Jersey for 1871-84, and in the volumes on The Geology of New Jersey (1868), and the Report on Clay Deposits; issued, as a bulletin of the State museum, On Building-Stones in New York (1888).[2]

He died in Hudson, New York on April 21, 1926.[3]

References
  1. The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. XI. James T. White & Company. 1901. p. 560. Retrieved August 6, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas, 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.
  3. Obituary, The New York Times, April 22, 1926


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