Benjamin Smith Lyman
American mining engineer
Benjamin Smith Lyman was an American mining engineer, surveyor, and an amateur linguist and anthropologist. He was also a promoter of vegetarianism. Wikipedia
Born: December 11, 1835, Northampton, MA
Died: August 30, 1920 (age 84 years), Cheltenham Township, PA
Books: Final Report Ordered by Legislature, 1891: pt. I. Carboniferous formations, by J.P. Lesley, E.V. d'Invilliers, and A. DW. [!] Smith. pt. II. Bituminous coal fields, by E.V. d'Inilliers, and New Red of Bucks and Montgomery counties by B.S. Lymann, Geological Survey of Hokkaido: A Geological Trip Through and Around Yesso in 1874, and Four Other Reports, Report on the Second Year's Progress of the Survey of the Oil Lands of Japan, and more
Education: Harvard University