John Casper Branner
John C. Branner | |
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Branner in 1896 | |
| 2nd President of Stanford University | |
| In office 1913 – December 31, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | David Starr Jordan |
| Succeeded by | Ray Lyman Wilbur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 4, 1850 New Market, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 1922 (aged 71) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BS) Indiana University Bloomington (PhD) |
| Profession | Geologist |
John Casper Branner (July 4, 1850 – March 1, 1922) was an American geologist and academic who discovered bauxite in Arkansas in 1887 as State Geologist for the Geological Survey of Arkansas. He was chair of the Departments of Botany and Geology at Indiana University Bloomington and later at Stanford University. He was a member of the founding faculty at Stanford and served as the university's second president. He served as president of the Geological Society of America in 1904. He was president of the Seismological Society of America in 1911. He was an expert in Brazilian geology, among many other things.