The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Tarr, Ralph Stockman

TARR, Ralph Stockman, American geologist: b. Gloucester, Mass., 15 Jan. 1864; d. 1912. He was graduated from Harvard in 1891, and was assistant in geology there 1890-91. From 1892-97 he was assistant in geology at Cornell University, and thereafter professor of dynamic geology there until his demise. He has published &lsquo;Economic Geology of the United States&rsquo; (1893); &lsquo;Elementary Physical Geography&rsquo; (1895); &lsquo;Elementary Geology&rsquo; (1897); &lsquo;Physical Geography of New York&rsquo; (1902); &lsquo;Geography of Science&rsquo; (1905); &lsquo;Alaskan Glacier Studies&rsquo; (1914); &lsquo;College Physiography&rsquo; (1914).