Charles Rollin Keyes (1864–1942) was a U.S. geologist and in 1918 was a U.S. Senate candidate in

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. Born in

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, he graduated from the

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in 1887. He worked for the

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. He earned a Ph.D. from

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in 1892. He served as Assistant State Geologist of Iowa, Director of the Bureau of Geology and Mines of

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and was president of the

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at Socorro. Keyes was also an avid

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

, publishing the first detailed listing of birds in Iowa in 1889. In 1918 he was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Iowa, losing to William S. Kenyon.

Selected works by Keyes

*1884 ''Paleontology of Missouri'' (Missouri Geological Survey Vol. IV, Pts. 1–2) *1889 Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa. ''Proc. of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences'', Vol. V, pp. 113–161. *1894 ''Coal Deposits of Iowa'' Iowa Geological Survey *1895 ''Geology of Des Moines County''. Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines. *1895
Origin and Relation of Central Maryland Granites
', U.S. Geological Survey. *1910 A Family of Great Horned Owls. ''The Independent'':852–859. *1910 ''Geology of Iowa County''. Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines. *1913 ''Historical Sketch of Mining in Iowa.'' Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines.

References

1864 births American geologists Geology of Iowa Johns Hopkins University alumni Iowa State University alumni New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology faculty United States Geological Survey personnel Iowa Democrats 1942 deaths American ornithologists {{Iowa-politician-stub