Among recent gifts to the Association is a reprint from The American Geologist for March, 1902, of an appreciative sketch of Dr. Ferdinand v. Roemer, “the Father of Texas Geology,” by Dr. Frederick W. Simonds of the University of Texas. It contains a brief account of the general scientific activities of a man in whom was spoiled what would probably have been a poor lawyer to make an eminent geologist and broad scholar. The latter part of it is a list of publications by v. Roemer on subjects relating to North America. The most interesting part to Americans, and especially to Texans, is the description of the pioneer work in the Geology of Texas that won for him the title above quoted. The author of the sketch has been honored by its being reprinted by permission in the Geological Magazine of London.

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"The American Geologist", Volume 007, Number 1, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 74. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v007/n1/review_22.html
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