Ralph Stockman Tarr - Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
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N 42° 26.950 W 076° 29.123
18T E 377852 N 4700717
Ralph Stockman Tarr was a scientist, writer, teacher who did research in Glacial Geology. "He was in charge of the 1896 Cornell expedition to Greenland largely to study glaciology"
Waymark Code: WMQAFT
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2016
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text - "Ralph Stockman Tarr 1864-1912 scientist-writer-teacher This boulder- a relic of the Ice Age - Symbolic of his research in Glacial Geology and of the enduring value of his work - is placed here as a memorial of their friend and advisor BY HIS STUDENTS"
wikipedia: "Beginning in 1892, he served as assistant in geology at Cornell, where he became professor of dynamic geology and physical geography from 1897 until his death.
He was Assistant United States Fish Commissioner 1882-3 while he was connected with the Smithsonian Institution, and Assistant Geologist for the Texas Geological Survey in 1888 and 1891. He was in charge of the 1896 Cornell expedition to Greenland largely to study glaciology while being attached to the Peary expedition's goal to retrieve a large iron meteorite...associate editor of the Bulletin of the American Geographical Society and the Journal of Geography, he published" several articles.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Arts Quad Cornel University next to Ezra Cornell statue.
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