| LC control no. | n 84802814 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Visher, Stephen Sargent, 1887-1967 |
| Birth date | 1887-12-15 |
| Death date | 1967-10-25 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Bloomington (Ind.) |
| Field of activity | Geography Indiana--Geography Indiana--Biography |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers |
| Special note | Includes the old catalog headings: Visher, Stephen Sargent, 1887-1967; Visher, Stephen Sargent, 1887- |
| Found in | LCCN 51-62661: His Indiana scientists, 1951 (hdg.: Visher, Stephen Sargent, 1887- ) LC data base, 6-27-84 (hdg.: Visher, Stephen Sargent, 1887-1967; usage: Stephen Sargent Visher) Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, v.77: p.44 (Stephen S. Visher; Stephen Sargent Visher; b. 15 Dec. 1887 in Chicago, IL; d. 25 Oct. 1967 in Bloomington, IN; BS in 1909, MS in 1910, and PhD in 1914 from the University of Chicago, MA in 1912 from the University of South Dakota; professor of geography at Indiana University 1919-1958, emeritus professor 1958-1967; served as assistant state geologist (South Dakota), worked for Carnegie Desert Laboratory in Arizona, University of South Dakota, Minnesota State Normal School, US Geological Survey, Bureau of Soils at the US Department of Agriculture, and served as acting geographer at the US Department of State, held visiting professorships at University of Colorado, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of British Columbia; wrote extensively on various topics relating to Indiana, including geographic, scientific, and biographic papers) |
| Associated language | eng |
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