Alexander Winchell

Alexander Winchell worked in geology, zoology and botany.

He was employed by University of Michigan, Syracuse University and Vanderbilt University. Recorded positions include President of the Geological Society of America and Chancellor and President of Syracuse University. He belonged to Smithsonian Meteorological Project. He worked at Eutaw and Ann Arbor.

26 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1857 to 1890.

Sketches of Creation. Douglass Houghton. Elements of Optical Mineralogy : an Introduction Microscopic Petrography; Part 1. Science and the state. Geological excursions; or, The rudiments of geology for young learners. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field. Sparks from a Geologist's Hammer. Rectification of the Geological Map of Michigan. Preadamites; or, a Demonstration of the Existence of Men Before Adam; Together with a Study of Their Condition, Antiquity, Racial Affinities, and Progressive Dispersion over the Earth. World-Life. World-life; or, Comparative Geology. Preadamites. Adamites & Preadamites or a Popular Discussion. The Grand Traverse Region. Genealogy of the Family of Winchell in America. Saliferous Rocks and Salt Springs of Michigan. Geological and Industrial Resources of Antrim, Grand Traverse, Benzie and Leelanaw in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. First Biennial Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey of Michigan: Embracing ... The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Data, Its Principles, Its Speculations, and .., dated 1874. The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Data, Its Principles, Its Speculations, and Its Theistic Bearings, dated 1874. Geological Studies: Or, Elements of Geology, dated 1886. Report, Historical and Statistical, on the Collections in Geology, Zoölogy and Botany in the .., dated 1864. Theologico-geology, Or, The Teachings of Scripture, Illustrated by the Conformation of the Earth .., dated 1857. Reconciliation of science and religion / by Alexander Winchell., dated 1877, held by Wellcome Collection. Preadamites, or, A demonstration of the existence of men before Adam, together with a study of their condition, antiquity, racial affinities, and progressive dispersion over the earth / by Alexander Winchell., dated 1890, held by Wellcome Collection. Sketches of creation : a popular view of some of the grand conclusions of the sciences in reference to the history of matter and of life. Together with a statement of the intimations of science respecting the primordial condition and the ultimate destiny of the earth and the solar system / by Alexander Winchell., dated 1872, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Sparks from a geologist's hammer / by Alexander Winchell., 1887. Sparks from a geologist's hammer by Alexander Winchell., 1881. Sparks from a geologist's hammer / by Alexander Winchell., 1882. Walks and talks in the geological field by Alexander Winchell., 1886. Walks and talks in the geological field / by Alexander Winchell., 1886.

11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Geological excursions; or, the rudiments of geology for young learners (1884) — Internet Archive. the doctrine of evolution (1874) — Internet Archive. The Grand Traverse Region: A Report on the Geological and Industrial Resources of the Counties ... (1866) — Internet Archive. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Marshall Group of Michigan, and Its Supposed Equivalents, in Other States; With Notes on Some Fossils of the Same Age Previously Described (1865) — Internet Archive. Descriptions of Fossils from the Yellow Sandstones Lying beneath the "Burlington Limestone," at Burlington, Iowa (1863) — Internet Archive. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field (1894) — Internet Archive. Addresses and Other Exercises at the Inauguration of Alexander Winchell as Chancellor of the ... (1873) — Internet Archive. Sketches of Creation (1898) — Internet Archive. Adamites and Preadamites: Or, A Popular Discussion Concerning the Remote Representatives of the ... (1878) — Internet Archive. First Biennial Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey of Michigan: Embracing ... (1861) — Internet Archive. PREADAMITES (1880) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

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Alexander Winchell studied at Wesleyan University.

The field of work recorded is geology, zoology and botany.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Eutaw and Ann Arbor. Employment is recorded with University of Michigan, Syracuse University and Vanderbilt University. Positions recorded include President of the Geological Society of America and Chancellor and President of Syracuse University.