# Florence Bascom

> American geologist (1862–1945)

**Wikidata**: [Q453196](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453196)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Bascom)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/florence-bascom

## Summary

Florence Bascom was born on July 14, 1862, in Williamstown and died there on June 18, 1945, from cerebrovascular disease [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][1][2][3][4][7][6][8]. A citizen of the United States, she was the daughter of John Bascom and Emma Curtiss Bascom [3][9][7][7]. Her education took place at Williams College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Johns Hopkins University [3][7][6].Bascom worked as a geologist, university teacher, author, editor, and educator specializing in geology and petrography [3][9][7][6][10][3][7]. She was influenced by George Huntington Williams and held positions at Ohio State University from 1893 to 1894, Bryn Mawr College starting in 1895, Rockford University, and the United States Geological Survey starting in 1896 [3][9][11][7][12][9]. Her professional affiliations included membership in the National Research Council and the American Geophysical Union, and she was named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America [7][6][13]. Following her death, she was buried at Williams College Cemetery [6][14].


## References

1. SNAC
2. FLORENCE BASCOM 1862-1945
3. [The Stone Lady, Florence Bascom. National Park Service](https://www.nps.gov/people/the-stone-lady-florence-bascom.htm)
4. [Source](http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_BMC_USPBmBMC198001)
5. Integrated Authority File
6. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
7. Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
8. [A snapshot of women of the U.S. Geological Survey in STEM and related careers](https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1443/cir1443.pdf)
9. [Source](https://archive.org/details/naturalistsdire03unkngoog/page/n24/mode/2up)
10. Find a Grave
11. Virtual International Authority File
12. CiNii Research
13. [Source](https://hub.jhu.edu/gallery/2023/10/17/bascom-undergraduate-teaching-laboratories/)
14. [Source](https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=PA108&dq=%22Florence+Bascom%22+1862+july&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizrP-v2pXVAhVGaD4KHYRBCD4Q6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Florence%20Bascom%22%201862%20july&f=false)
15. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
16. FemBio database
17. GeneaStar
18. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
19. IdRef
20. Czech National Authority Database
21. [Source](https://ladies-of-science.fandom.com/wiki/Florence_Bascom_(1862_-_1945)?oldid=177)
22. [Source](https://golden.com/wiki/Florence_Bascom-9DAZPW)