Back in August 2010 Dr Spencer Lucas, the Curator of Palaeontology and Geology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, visited us all the way from Albuquerque. He was researching the pioneering geologist Henry Darwin Rogers (1808-1866), who was Regius Professor of Natural History here at Glasgow University between 1858 and 1866. Dr Lucas was particularly interested to find out why Rogers, a US citizen, took this position in Glasgow.
Henry Darwin Rogers (GUAS ref: UP1/17/1)
Dr Spencer Lucas’ has now completed his research and he has published his article ‘Pennsylvania’s first Geologist: Henry Darwin Rogers’. The article covers the biographical history of Henry, his relationship with his famous brother William Barton Rogers, and the important discoveries and work they did in the field of geology. Lucas begins: ‘Geology made Pennsylvania what it is today’ and so the pioneer of geology in that region is certainly a very important figure to Pennsylvania. Not only this, but his research has left an important legacy, paving the way for further study in the subject.
You can read the article in the Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine Volume XXXVIII, Number 1, Winter 2012. We would like to congratulate Dr Spencer on his article and wish him every success with his further research.
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