Author Bio Information
Raymond, Rossiter W.'s bio information
Monday, April 27, 1840 - Tuesday, December 31, 1918
Born: April 27, 1840, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Died: December 31, 1918, New York City.
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
A member of Henry Ward Beecher’s Plymouth Church, Raymond held degrees from the Brookfield Polytechnic Institute (1857), Lafayette College (PhD 1868), Leigh University (LLD 1906), and the University of Pittsburgh (honorary LLD. 1915). He served as the United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics, and was secretary of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (1884-1911). In 1945, the institute named its Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award after him, to recognize the best paper published by a member under 33 years of age.
Died: December 31, 1918, New York City.
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
A member of Henry Ward Beecher’s Plymouth Church, Raymond held degrees from the Brookfield Polytechnic Institute (1857), Lafayette College (PhD 1868), Leigh University (LLD 1906), and the University of Pittsburgh (honorary LLD. 1915). He served as the United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics, and was secretary of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (1884-1911). In 1945, the institute named its Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award after him, to recognize the best paper published by a member under 33 years of age.
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