Hall, JAMES, LL.D., geologist, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, 12th September 1811, and in 1837 was appointed one of the New York state geologists. His final report on the western part of the state appeared in 1843. Of his other works the chief is his important Paleontology of New York (vols. i.-v. 1847-79); he also contributed to the geological surveys of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Canada, and published nearly 250 separate papers. A member of numerous scientific bodies, he died 7th August 1896.
Hall, JAMES, LL.D.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 518
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