EntityQ1520978· pop 12· linked from 291 articlesAlexander WinchellSign in to saveU.S. geologist and paleontologist (1824-1891)Person · Open LibraryBorn1824-12-31Died1891-02-19Works23Top worksSketches of CreationDouglass HoughtonElements of Optical Mineralogy : an Introduction Microscopic Petrography; Part 1Science and the stateGeological excursions; or, The rudiments of geology for young learnersvia Open Library + WikidataKey datesBorn31 December 1824Died19 February 1891via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanGiven nameAlexanderGendermaleCitizenshipUnited StatesPlace of birthNorth EastPlace of deathAnn ArborOccupationmeteorological observerEducated atWesleyan UniversityEmployerVanderbilt UniversityField of workbotanyConnectionsEdward Orton, Sr.EntityphysicsEntityCategories1824 births1891 deaths19th-century American geologists19th-century American writersAmerican non-fiction writersPeople from North East, New YorkPresidents of Syracuse UniversityPresidents of the Geological Society of AmericaScientists from New York (state)Theistic evolutionistsUniversity of Michigan facultyWesleyan University alumni