Albert David Hager
Albert David Hager (November 1, 1817 – July 29, 1888) was an American geologist, librarian and historian.
Biography
Born and raised in Chester, Vermont, Hager received a common school education.[1] In 1856, he was appointed assistant naturalist of Vermont. He was assistant state geologist under Edward Hitchcock 1857-1861, and state geologist and curator of the state cabinet of natural history 1862-1870. In 1870, he was appointed state geologist of Missouri, and in 1877 he became librarian of the Chicago Historical Society. Hager was commissioner from Vermont to the Paris Exposition of 1867.
Works
- Geology of Vermont, with Prof. Hitchcock (2 vols., Claremont, New Hampshire, 1861)
- Annual Report of the Vermont Fish Commission (Montpelier, Vermont, 1866–1869)
- Economic Geology of Vermont
- Report on the geological survey of Missouri (1871)
Notes
- 1 2 "Death of Prof. Hager". Chicago Tribune. July 30, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
References
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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