Rollin D. Salisbury: Difference between revisions

Salisbury was born at [[Spring Prairie, Wisconsin|Spring Prairie]], [[Wisconsin]] in 1858. He studied at [[University of Wisconsin&ndash;Whitewater|Whitewater State Normal School]] in [[Whitewater, Wisconsin|Whitewater]], graduating in 1877 after completing the four-year course in just two-and-one-half years. He taught in a village school in [[Port Washington, Wisconsin]], for one year before entering [[Beloit College]] as a sophomore in the fall of 1878. At Beloit, he studied geology with [[T.C. Chamberlin]] as his professor. After graduating from Beloit in 1881, he spent one year working for the [[U.S. Geological Survey]] as Chamberlin's field assistant, during which time he lived in the Chamberlin household. After Chamberlin left Beloit in 1882, Salisbury joined the college faculty, becoming an assistant professor in 1882 and full professor and chair of the geology department in 1884, remaining there for several years. <ref>Allan F. Schneider (2001), [http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/pdfs/geoscipdf/3_GS18_9-20.pdf Chamberlin, Salisbury, and Collie: A Tale of Three Beloit College Geologists], Geoscience Wisconsin, volume 18</ref>

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