Theodore B. Comstock

Theodore Bryant Comstock (1849–1915) was an American geologist, educator, university administrator, and mining consultant.^[1] He served as the first president of the University of Arizona.

Theodore B. Comstock
1st President of the University of Arizona
In office 1894–1895
Succeeded by	Howard Billman
Personal details
Born	Theodore Bryant Comstock (1849-07-27)July 27, 1849 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Died	July 26, 1915(1915-07-26) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California
Spouse	Blanche Huggins ​ (m. 1880)​
Education	Pennsylvania State Agricultural College Cornell University
Occupation	Geologist, educator, mining consultant
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Early life

Theodore B. Comstock was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on July 27, 1849. He earned a bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, and postgraduate degrees from Cornell University.^[2] He married Blanche Huggins in 1880.^[2]

Career

He was a professor of general and economic geology at Cornell University from 1875 to 1879, and a professor of mining engineering and physics at the University of Illinois from 1885 to 1889.^[3][4][5][6]

He served as first president of the University of Arizona from 1894 to 1895.^[7] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from what is now Pennsylvania State University in 1868, a Bachelor of Science in 1870 and D.Sc. in 1886 from Cornell University.^[8]

Theodore B. Comstock died at his home in Los Angeles on July 26, 1915.^[9]

Works

• Reports on the Geology of Northwestern Wyoming (1874)
• Outline of General Geology (1878)
• Map of San Juan County, Colo. (1882)
• Reports on gold and silver, Arkansas survey, and on the central mineral region of Texas (1889)

He made contributions to American Naturalist, the American Journal of Science, and the Engineering and Mining Journal.^[2]