Douglass Houghton

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Douglass Houghton was a 19th-century American geologist and the first State Geologist of Michigan, noted for his pioneering surveys that spurred copper mining in the Upper Peninsula.

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Douglass Houghton canonical 7

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instanceOf American geologist ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
politician ⓘ
professor ⓘ
causeOfDeath drowning in a storm on Lake Superior ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1809-09-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1845-10-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Rensselaer School ⓘ
employer State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan

University of Michigan ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Houghton ⓘ
fieldOfWork geology ⓘ
mineral exploration ⓘ
surveying ⓘ
givenName Douglass ⓘ
hasPartNamedAfter City of Houghton, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Houghton, Michigan

Douglass Houghton Falls ⓘ
Houghton County, Michigan ⓘ
Houghton Lake, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Houghton Lake
honorificAfterDeath commemorated as Michigan’s first State Geologist ⓘ
mannerOfDeath drowning ⓘ
memberOf Michigan House of Representatives ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor being the first State Geologist of Michigan ⓘ
pioneering geological surveys of Michigan ⓘ
surveys that spurred copper mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula ⓘ
notableWork Geological survey reports of Michigan ⓘ
occupation geologist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
politician ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Troy, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Eagle River, Lake Superior, Michigan ⓘ
positionHeld Mayor of Detroit ⓘ
Professor of Geology at the University of Michigan ⓘ
State Geologist of Michigan ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit

Michigan ⓘ
Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ

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