Arthur Francis Buddington was an American geologist born November 29, 1890, in Wilmington, Delaware, who died December 25, 1980, in Quincy, Massachusetts, and who spent nearly forty years at Princeton University while conducting extensive fieldwork with the United States Geological Survey, specializing in chemical petrology and making significant contributions to understanding ore deposits in Alaska, Oregon and the northeastern United States. He served as assistant professor at Princeton from 1920 to 1959, chaired Princeton own Department of Geology from 1936 to 1950, and held the Elmer Bair professorship of geology from 1959 onward. He won the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America in 1956, the Distinguished Service Award of the United States Department of the Interior in 1963, was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1931, the National Academy of Sciences in 1943 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1947, and received the Penrose Medal in 1954; the mineral buddingtonite is named in his honor.
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Notable WorkHead of the United States Geological Survey 17-year field project on the iron ores of the northeastern United States, begun 1943 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Arthur Francis Buddington, Wikipedia
Early life and education section, first sentence
Buddington was born November 29, 1890, in [[Wilmington, Delaware]], to Mary Salina Buddington
Category list, 1890 births
[[Category:1890 births]]
Lead section, second sentence
Born in [[Wilmington, Delaware]], he grew up there and in [[West Mystic, Connecticut]].
Later life and legacy section, second paragraph
He died December 25, 1980,
Category list, 1980 deaths
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
Later life and legacy section, place of death
in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], and was buried in Princeton.
Lead section, first sentence
was an American [[geologist]].
Career section, third paragraph
he built Princeton's reputation in petrology and studies of ore
Career section, fourth paragraph
In 1943 the USGS appointed him head of what would become a 17-year field project on the [[iron ores]] of the [[northeastern United States]].
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(1890-11-29)November 29, 1890 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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(1890-11-29)November 29, 1890 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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(1890-11-29)November 29, 1890 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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December 25, 1980(1980-12-25) (aged 90) Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
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December 25, 1980(1980-12-25) (aged 90) Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
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December 25, 1980(1980-12-25) (aged 90) Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Lead paragraph, opening sentence, nationality clause
Arthur Francis "Bud" Buddington (November 29, 1890 - December 25, 1980) was an American geologist.
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