William Herbert Hobbs
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William Herbert Hobbs, Ph.D. (1864–1952) was an American geologist.
He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, at Johns Hopkins (Ph.D., 1888), and at Heidelberg (1888–89).
He filled several positions at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1889–1906). From 1886 to 1906 he served with the United States Geological Survey.
His publications include:
- Earthquakes (1907)
- Characteristics of Existing Glaciers (1911)
- Earth Features and their Meaning (1912).
- An Explorer-Scientist's Pilgrimage: the Autobiography of William Herbert Hobbs (1952).
He became editor of the Journal of Geology in 1909.
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