Margaret C. Cobb

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Margaret C. Cobb
Born(1892-09-17)September 17, 1892
Lincolnton, North Carolina
DiedMay 28, 1975(1975-05-28) (aged 82)
Alma mater
Scientific career
Thesis The origin of corundum associated with dunite in Western North Carolina  (1924)

Margaret Cameron Cobb was a petroleum geologist. She was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1931.

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Education and career

Cobb was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina in 1892. [1] She received an A.B. from North Carolina Normal and Industrial College (now known as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1912. [1] [2] Cobb taught in schools in Norfolk, Virginia from 1912 until 1914 [1] before moving to Barnard College where she received an A.B. in 1915. [1] [3] From 1915 until 1916 she did graduate studies at Columbia University working with Ida Helen Ogilvie, Charles Peter Berkey, Douglas Wilson Johnson, and Amadeus William Grabau. [1]

Cobb did two fellowship studies at Bryn Mawr College first earning a fellowship in 1916, [4] and then returning for study there from 1919 until 1920. [5] In between she taught at Mount Holyoke College from 1917 until 1919. [6] [7] While at Bryn Mawr, and she worked with Florence Bascom, Thomas Clachar Brown, Malcolm Havers Bisseil, and James Llewellyn Crenshaw. [1] She received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College in 1924, [3] and then began work with the Amerada Petroleum Corporation. [8] [9]

Cobb's translation of Elements of Geophysics as Applied to Explorations for Minerals, Oil And Gas [10] was reviewed in Science in 1932. [11]

Cobb died on May 28, 1975. [12]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

Cobb was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1931, [8] and was in the 1949 edition of American Men of Science. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cobb, Margaret Cameron (1924). The origin of corundum associated with dunite in western North Carolina. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: s.n.
  2. Alumni News/University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 1974. p. 12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. 1 2 Barnard College (1925). The Bulletin of the Associate Alumnae of Barnard College. Barnard College. Barnard College. p. 22.
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  5. Bryn Mawr College (1921). Bryn Mawr College Calendar, 1921. Special Collections Bryn Mawr College Library. Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College.
  6. 1 2 American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory. Bowker. 1949. p. 458.
  7. College, Mount Holyoke (1917). Annual Report of the President ...
  8. 1 2 "Historic Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  9. "Women enter geology field". The News. 1938-12-07. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  10. Ambronn, Richard (1928). Elements of Geophysics as Applied to Explorations for Minerals, Oil and Gas. Translated by Cobb, Margaret C. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Incorporated.
  11. Lambert, Walter D. (1932-07-08). "Elements of Geophysics as Applied to Explorations for Minerals, Oils and Gas By Dr. Richard Ambronn, Göttingen. Translated by Margaret C. Cobb, Ph.D., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co". Science. 76 (1958): 35–36. doi:10.1126/science.76.1958.35.b. ISSN   0036-8075. S2CID   239866183.
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