Ulysses Sherman Grant (February 14, 1867 – September 21, 1932) was an American geologist. He was the son of Lewis A. Grant and Mary Helen Pierce.

Biography

Ulysses Sherman Grant was born in

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on February 14, 1867. He graduated from the

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with B.S. in 1888, and received a Ph.D. from

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in 1893. He married Avis Winchell in 1891, and they had four children. From 1893 to 1899, Grant was an Assistant State Geologist (at the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, co-authoring several of its yearly reports) at the University of Minnesota. He was also an Instructor in Geology (1897-1898), and one of the editors of journal ''The American Geologist'', founded by his mentor Newton Winchell in 1888. In 1899, he became professor of geology at

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. He soon became the chairman of the geology department, a position he held until his death. In 1899, Professor Grant inspected the

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area for ancient

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deposits.Wisconsin's Ancient Copper Miners
at www.atthecreation.com He died in Chicago on September 21, 1932.

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1867 births 1932 deaths People from Moline, Illinois American geologists University of Minnesota alumni Northwestern University faculty Johns Hopkins University alumni {{US-geologist-stub