Henry Stephens Washington

Henry Stephens Washington was an American geologist.

Biography

Washington was born in Newark, New Jersey on January 15, 1867. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1886, and took his masters there two years later. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Leipzig in 1893. He also studied at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. His research included trips to Greece, Asia Minor, Italy, Spain, Brazil and the Hawaiian islands. By 1920 he was a consulting mining geologist of high reputation.

Works

His works include:

Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks
Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks
The Roman Cogmatic Region
"The Lavas of Etna"
"Rocks of Eastern China"
"Petrology of the Hawaiian Islands V: The Leeward Islands"
"Rocks of the Galápagos Islands"
"Petrology of the Hawaiian Islands VI: Maui"