Английская Википедия:Henry Garber Hanks
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.
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
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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