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and a member of the Chinese Geological Survey in October 1920. As part of his life's work, he conducted a geologic survey of China, and is now known as the father of Chinese geology.
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V. K. Ting, in Geological Society of China, Bull. 10 (1931): ix–xviii (also cited as Grabau Anniversary, the commemorative vol. presented to Grabau on his fiftieth birthday)
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Geology At M.I.T. 1865-1965 A History of the First Hundred Years of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology II. Departmental Operations and Products
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Grabau was also a prolific author, publishing at least 10 books in the first half of the 20th century. Grabau developed various
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led to an estrangement from his wife, and in 1919 he left Columbia for China. He traveled to China to become a professor at
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Y. C. Sun, in Geological Society of China, Bull. 27 (1947): 1026, includes a bibliography of 291 titles.
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was named after him in 1976. A list of books written by Grabau, and their publication dates includes:
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on October 5, 1901. She would go on to become a prominent author. The pro-German attitudes during
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during his lifetime, among them the theory of rhythms concerning the growth of the
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A Romance in Natural History: The Lives and Works of Amadeus Grabau and Mary Antin
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compound of the geological department of the National University of Peking
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from for most important service to geology and paleontology. During
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he remained in Peking. Around 1941 he was interned by the
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early in his career. In 1901 he became a professor at
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( 226:Learn how and when to remove this message 208:Learn how and when to remove this message 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 1073:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty 1039:Works by or about Amadeus William Grabau 1015:244 (1946): 735–736 (with bibliography) 852: 831:(fee via Fairfax County Public Library) 1050: 882: 689:Grabau A. W. & Shimer H. W. 1910. 564:in 1890, and arrange his education at 987: 146:adding citations to reliable sources 117: 59: 18: 13: 981: 14: 1149: 1133:American people of German descent 1088:Scientists from Buffalo, New York 1032: 730:Ordovician Fossils of North China 562:Boston Society of Natural History 448:Silurian Fossils of Yunnan (1920) 442:Principles of Stratigraphy (1913) 34:This article has multiple issues. 1083:People from Cedarburg, Wisconsin 827:Dictionary of American Biography 585:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 514:Hayden Memorial Geological Award 122: 64: 23: 1022:, Proc., 1947, pp. 155–166 946:U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 451:Stratigraphy of China (1924–25) 133:needs additional citations for 42:or discuss these issues on the 992:. Syracuse, New York: Garret. 956: 930: 915: 883:Shrock, Robert, Rakes (1982). 876: 865:. National Academy of Sciences 817: 774: 755:Early Permian Fossils of China 648:mountain building and creation 494:Johannes Andreas August Grabau 445:Text Book of Geology (1920–21) 420:work on stratigraphic deposits 1: 1098:American expatriates in China 1093:American expatriate academics 790:Fairfax County Public Library 767: 595:. He married Barnard student 335:the father of Chinese geology 667:North American Index Fossils 612:National Academy of Sciences 539: 7: 1078:Columbia University faculty 863:"Mary Clark Thompson Medal" 10: 1154: 1103:Boston Latin School alumni 1020:Geological Soc. of America 824:"Amadeus William Grabau". 781:"Amadeus William Grabau". 723:Silurian Fossils of Yunnan 702:Principles of Stratigraphy 560:enough to hire him at the 1113:Harvard University alumni 964:"Encyclopædia Britannica" 749:Migration of Geosynclines 737:Paleozoic Corals of China 692:Invertebrates. Volume II. 616:Mary Clark Thompson Medal 527: 522: 507:Mary Clark Thompson Medal 502: 486: 478: 467: 433: 413: 406:, Peking, China (1919–46) 381: 371: 339: 331: 323: 304: 296: 278: 256: 247: 240: 1068:American paleontologists 679:Invertebrates. Volume I. 646:and a theory concerning 633: 157:"Amadeus William Grabau" 78:may need to be rewritten 848:(subscription required) 835:Charles Scribner's Sons 813:(subscription required) 711:(1920–21) Two volumes: 457:Fossils of China (1934) 846:Biography in Context. 811:Biography in Context. 624:Japanese Imperial Army 544:Grabau's grandfather, 534:Amadeus William Grabau 423:invertebrate evolution 392:Rensselaer Polytechnic 242:Amadeus William Grabau 988:Mazur, Allan (2004). 743:Stratigraphy of China 1138:Deaths from bleeding 1013:Am. Jour. of Science 554:Cedarburg, Wisconsin 271:Cedarburg, Wisconsin 142:improve this article 709:Textbook of Geology 672:Grabau A. 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