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Name Henry Landes
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Dec 1867 Carroll County, Indiana
Marriage 2 Jan 1894 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusettsto Bertha Ethel Knight
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BIOGRAPHY: Who's Who on the Pacific Coast Edited by Franklin Harper Harper Publishing Company Los Angeles, Cal. 1913 - Page 333 Landes, Henry, Geologist; born, Carroll, Ind., Dec. 22, 1867; son, Samuel and Lyda (Dunkin) L. A. B., Univ. of Indiana, 1892; A. M., Harvard Univ., 1894; Fellow in Geology, Chicago Univ., 1893-4. Married, Bertha Ethel Knight, Jan. 2, 1894, at Worcester, Mass. Prof. of Geology, Univ. of Wash., since 1895; State Geologist of Washington, since 1901; in that capacity has directed work of state Geological Survey in the geological field work, the making of topographic maps, the measurements of streams and the preparation of reports on the water power of the State. Member: Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., National Geographic Soc., Fellow, Am. Assn. For the Advan. Of Science; Fellow, Geological Soc. of Am.; Sigma Xi Soc. Club: University, (Seattle). Res.: 4503 Brooklyn ave.; Office: Univ. of Wash., Seattle, Wash.