13 Facts About Alexander Winchell

Alexander Winchell was an American geologist who contributed to this field mainly as an educator and a popular lecturer and writer.

Alexander Winchell then taught at Pennington Male Seminary of New Jersey, Amenia Seminary of New York, an academy in Newbern, Alabama, and the Mesopotamia Female Seminary of Eutaw, the last of which was founded by him.

Alexander Winchell became president of the Masonic University at Selma, Alabama, in 1853.

Alexander Winchell was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1865.

In 1854 Alexander Winchell entered the service of the University of Michigan as professor of physics and civil engineering.

In 1859, Alexander Winchell was appointed as State Geologist of Michigan for the newly formed second geological survey of the state.

Alexander Winchell held the post until 1863 when the state did not appropriate funding to continue the survey.

The survey was resumed in 1869, and Alexander Winchell was reappointed in April.

In 1863 Alexander Winchell took up a lease on a cotton plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi, under a plan devised by Gen.

Alexander Winchell organized the Ann Arbor Cotton Company and sold stock to the university's president, whereupon he received a leave of absence to engage in cotton planting.

Alexander Winchell served as the 3rd president of GSA in 1891.

Alexander Winchell then returned to the University of Michigan, where he was professor of geology and paleontology.

Alexander Winchell was much concerned with reconciling science and religion.