Arthur Francis Buddington
| Arthur Francis Buddington | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 29, 1890 Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
| Died | December 25, 1980 (aged 90) Quincy, Massachusetts, United States |
| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions |
Princeton University U.S. Geological Survey Brown University |
| Alma mater | Brown University Princeton University |
| Thesis | Pre-Cambrian rocks of southeast Newfoundland (1916) |
| Academic advisors | Charles Henry Smyth, Jr. |
| Notable awards |
Penrose Medal (1954) Roebling Medal (1956) U.S. Department of the Interior Distinguished Service Award |
Arthur Francis "Bud" Buddington (November 29, 1890 – December 25, 1980) was an American geologist. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he grew up there and in West Mystic, Connecticut. He was educated at Brown University and Princeton University.
After short stints teaching at Brown and Princeton, serving in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I, and researching at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Buddington settled at Princeton, where he taught for nearly 40 years. He chaired the Department of Geology from 1936 to 1950. He also had a long career with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), doing field work for that agency in Alaska, Oregon, and the northeastern United States.
Buddington was elected to the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His years of work for the USGS earned him the Distinguished Service award of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Buddington was born November 29, 1890, in Wilmington, Delaware, to Mary Salina Buddington (née Wheeler) and Osmer G. Buddington. His parents' families had been in Connecticut since the 1600s, and he was descended from men who fought for the United States in the American Revolution. His father was a Baptist minister who supplemented his income by farming crops and raising chickens. In 1895 his mother died; his father later married Ella Turner. In 1904 the family relocated to West Mystic, Connecticut, where the father became the minister at a church in nearby Poquonock Bridge, Connecticut.
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