| LC control no. | nr 95013838 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hewett, D. F. (Donnel Foster), 1881-1971 |
| Variant(s) | Hewett, D. F. (Donnell Foster), 1881-1971 Hewett, D. F. (Donnell Foster), b. 1881 Hewett, Donnel Foster, 1881-1971 Hewett, Donnell Foster, 1881-1971 Hewett, Donnel F. (Donnel Foster), 1881-1971 Hewett, Donnel (Donnel Foster), 1881-1971 Hewett, D. Foster (Donnel Foster), 1881-1971 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1881-06-24 |
| Death date | 1971-02-05 |
| Place of birth | Irwin (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Metallurgy Mining engineering Geology |
| Affiliation | Geological Survey (U.S.) Yale University Pittsburgh Testing Laboratories Lehigh University |
| Profession or occupation | Mining engineers Geologists |
| Found in | Manganese deposits near Bromide, Oklahoma, 1921: t.p. (D.F. Hewett) LC in RLIN, 4/12/95 (hdg.: Hewett, Donnel Foster, 1881- ; usage: D.F. Hewett) Donnel Foster Hewett, 1881-1971: a biographical memoir, 1974, viewed July 29, 2022 (Donnel Foster Hewett June 24, 1881-February 5, 1971. Foster Hewett was born June 24, 1881, at Irwin, Pennsylvania, son of George C. Hewett and Hetty Barclay Foster Hewett. In the fall of 1898 Hewett enrolled at Lehigh University at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as a student of chemistry, metallurgy, and mining. He was graduated with high honors in 1902 as Bachelor of Metallurgy. He remained on at Lehigh for a year as an instructor in mineralogy and metallurgy and became one of the most skillful determinative mineralogists of his time. In 1903 Hewett entered the employ of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratories as a mining engineer. He decided to undertake graduate studies in geology. In 1909 he enrolled in the Yale Graduate School. His thesis and the award of the degree were delayed, however, until 1924. He attained a high score and entered on duty as a Junior Geologist in the Geological Survey on June 1, 1911. Except for two brief periods of leave, he was to continue in the Survey until his death, more than fifty-nine years later. But in 1951, when Foster reached the statutory retirement age, an unsolicited executive order returned him to active duty without terminal date; Foster was able to continue for many years his productive scientific career. When he was no longer able to do strenuous fieldwork, he continued his laboratory studies of manganese mineralogy, shifting his headquarters to the Menlo Park, California, office of the Geological Survey, where the support of many specialists was available to him. Here he worked until a few weeks before his death, a record of production few men of eighty-nine attain.) <http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/hewett-donnel.pdf> |
| Associated language | eng |
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