George Sherwood Hume (March 1, 1893 – November 24, 1965) was a Canadian geologist. Born in

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, Ontario, Hume was a graduate of the University of Toronto. After serving in World War I, he received a PhD from Yale University in 1920. He joined the Geological Survey of Canada and became its Chief in 1947. He was later Director-General of Scientific Services in the Department of Mines and Resources. After retiring in 1956, he worked at Westcoast Transmission in Calgary. He was president of the

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from 1952 to 1953, president of the

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from 1955 to 1956, and president of the Geological Society of America from 1956 to 1957. He was a Freemason and a member of Civil Service Lodge No. 148 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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