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Bowen, Norman Levi, 1887-1956.
Norman Levi Bowen papers, 1907-1980 (bulk 1907-1955).
This collection consists of four document boxes, and one oversize flat box containing the personal papers of Norman L. Bowen, and serves to illuminate his professional life as a petrologist while he was an employee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. It includes professional correspondence, papers collected by the Geophysical Laboratory, personal materials, photographs, and publications, especially two editions of "The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks".
Possibly the greatest petrologist of the 20th century. Bowen revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization. Bowen was born in Kingston, Ontario in 1887. After completing his university entrance exam, Bowen joined the Ontario Bureau of Mines geological mapping party. When he returned, he changed his intended course of study from teaching to geology. He graduated with a B.S. from the Queen's University School of Mining, Kingston, Ontario in 1909. In 1910, Bowen applied for a position as a research student at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW). In 1912, after receiving his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he accepted a position at the Laboratory. In 1928 he published his seminal work "The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks". After 25 years of service, Bowen left the Geophysical Laboratory for a teaching position at the University of Chicago. Ten years later, he returned to the Laboratory where he remained until his retirement in 1952. After two years in retirement, he returned as a Research Associate until his death. The Norman L. Bowen Award, given annually, was established by the American Geophysical Union for outstanding contributions to volcanology, geochemistry or petrology.
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Geophysical Laboratory.
Petrologists -- Correspondence.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington. 5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA Geophysical Laboratory. Library and Archives.
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