Английская Википедия:Henry Garber Hanks

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Henry Garber Hanks (May 12, 1826 – June 19, 1907) was an American mineralogist. He was the first state mineralogist of California.

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Early life

Henry Garber Hanks was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 12, 1826. His father Jarvis Frary Hanks was a local portrait painter; his mother was Charlotte Garber Hanks.Шаблон:Sfnp

Career

Around the age of 16, Hanks left Ohio for Boston, taking work as a seaman. In 1842, his ship sailed to Calcutta in British India, where he worked and traveled for about a year.Шаблон:Sfnp He then served as a seaman on another ship returning to New York. He then traveled around the continental United States while conducting scientific studies before returning to Cleveland to work as a house and sign painter.Шаблон:Sfnp Around the age of 25, Hanks left Ohio to join the Gold Rush in California.Шаблон:Sfnp Between 1852 and 1856, he worked as a miner and businessman around Sacramento. By 1860, he was mostly occupied with selling paint in San Francisco.Шаблон:Sfnp

In 1866, Hanks established Pacific Chemical Works, an assaying company. Hanks was also a founding member of the Microscopical Society of San Francisco (founded 1872) and its first president.Шаблон:Sfnp

He represented California as its mineral commissioner and the United States as its mineral superintendent at the 1878 Paris Exposition.Шаблон:Sfnp Following the State Geological Society's reorganization as part of the State Mining Bureau on 16 April 1880,Шаблон:Sfnp Henry was chosen by Governor Perkins on 15 MayШаблон:Sfnp to head the new organization as California's first state mineralogist.Шаблон:Sfnp Based in San Francisco,Шаблон:Sfnp he was responsible for inspecting and classifying geological specimens submitted to the bureau,Шаблон:Sfnp as well as providing studies, annual reports, and various special publications.Шаблон:Sfnp Taking charge of the old geological society's collection and other property, he established a public museum and library.Шаблон:Sfnp He served until 1886Шаблон:Sfnp at a salary of $3000 per year. He was responsible for the mineral exhibits of California and the United States at the 1884 New Orleans and 1893 Chicago World's Fairs.Шаблон:Sfnp

Personal life

In 1867, Hanks married Ellen Francis Barker. They had five children. One of his children Abbott joined Hanks's company as an assayer.Шаблон:Sfnp

On June 19, 1907, Hanks died in Alameda County, California.Шаблон:Sfnp

Legacy

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A doubly-terminated hexagonal crystal of hanksite

Henry G. Hanks was the namesake of hanksite, a sulfate mineral identified by William Earl Hidden based on a specimen from Searles Lake in California in 1885.Шаблон:Sfnp

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