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Dr Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland

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Dr Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland

Birth
Milan, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Death
24 Jan 1935 (aged 65)
Burial
Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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KILLED IN THE SINKING OF THE LINER MOHAWK.

Professor Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland, 65 years old.
Professor Cleland was from Williamstwon, Massachusetts and was the leader of Williamstown College Yucatan Expedition which was traveling on board the s.s. Mohawk.

[Compiled by Jim Kalafus and Marty Oppenheim]

Taken from the Williams College website:
Biographical Chronology
1869 born in Milan, IL 13 July
1890 enters Gates College
1892 transfers to Oberlin College as a junior
1894 graduates from Oberlin, Phi Beta Kappa
1895-8 Professor of Natural Science, Gates College
1900 receives Ph.D. from Yale University
1900-01 Assistant in Geology at Cornell University
1901 accepts position as Instructor in Geology and Botany at Williams College
1904 awarded Assistant Professorship
1907 becomes Professor of Geology and Mineralogy
1910 marries Helen Davison
1911 becomes Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy
1923 Helen (Davison) Cleland dies
1925 marries Emily Leonard Wadsworth
1935 Cleland dies in the "Mohawk" sea disaster 24 January


KILLED IN THE SINKING OF THE LINER MOHAWK.

Professor Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland, 65 years old.
Professor Cleland was from Williamstwon, Massachusetts and was the leader of Williamstown College Yucatan Expedition which was traveling on board the s.s. Mohawk.

[Compiled by Jim Kalafus and Marty Oppenheim]

Taken from the Williams College website:
Biographical Chronology
1869 born in Milan, IL 13 July
1890 enters Gates College
1892 transfers to Oberlin College as a junior
1894 graduates from Oberlin, Phi Beta Kappa
1895-8 Professor of Natural Science, Gates College
1900 receives Ph.D. from Yale University
1900-01 Assistant in Geology at Cornell University
1901 accepts position as Instructor in Geology and Botany at Williams College
1904 awarded Assistant Professorship
1907 becomes Professor of Geology and Mineralogy
1910 marries Helen Davison
1911 becomes Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy
1923 Helen (Davison) Cleland dies
1925 marries Emily Leonard Wadsworth
1935 Cleland dies in the "Mohawk" sea disaster 24 January




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