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Sedimentologists: William Christian Krumbein (1902–1979)

Daniel F. Merriam
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31079-7_198

William Christian Krumbein, father of computer geology, pioneer in application of statistical techniques to sediments and sedimentary rocks, and innovator of sediment analyzes, was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1902 and died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California on August 18, 1979. His specialties were the study of physical properties of sediments, application of statistics to sedimentology, dynamics of sedimentary processes, and regional sedimentary analysis. His degrees included a PhB in business administration (1926), and a MS in geology (1930) and PhD (1932) both from the University of Chicago, and a DSc (honora causa) from Syracuse University in 1979. He advanced through the academic ranks from assistant to associate professor at the University of Chicago and after working for the Beach Erosion Board of the US Corp of Engineers during WWII and a short stint with Gulf Research and Development Company (1945–1946), joined Northwestern University as a full...

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