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James Duncan Hague

1836–1908

American mining engineer. Studied at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, 1854; Göttingen, 1855–6; Freiburg (school of mines), 1856–8. Chemist, South Sea expedition, 1859–61. Superintendent, Albany & Boston Copper Mine, 1863. Joined the Geological Survey of the Fortieth Parallel in 1867. Consulting mining engineer, 1871–1908.

Source

DAB.

Bibliography

DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.

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