Skip to content
227,683 profiles ranked

George Hunt Barton

American geologist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1852 to 1933 · aged 81

George Hunt Barton was an American geologist, arctic explorer, and college professor. He was an alumnus and faculty member in geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served as the director of the Teachers' School of Science in Boston and was the founding president of the Boston Children's Museum.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

George Hunt Barton is read about 1 times a day, in 2 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 59 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

Media & music

Awards

Fellow of the Boston Society of Natural History

About this person

He was an explorer of Greenland with Robert E. Peary in 1896, and in 1916 was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1852 to 1933 · aged 81