Joseph Augustine Cushman
Joseph Augustine Cushman | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 31, 1881 |
| Died | April 16, 1949 (aged 68) Sharon, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Burial place | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Occupation(s) | Foraminiferologist and academic |
| Known for | Foraminifera, Their Classification and Economic Use and his system of discovering petroleum deposits |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Bridgewater Normal School Harvard University |
| Thesis | The Phylogeny of the Miliolidae (1909) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Sub-discipline | Micropaleontology |
| Institutions | Harvard Museum of Natural History Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research |
Joseph Augustine Cushman (January 31, 1881 – April 16, 1949) was an American micropaleontologist and academic. He specialized in the study of marine protozoans (foraminifera) and became the foremost foraminiferologist of the first half of the twentieth century, developing to a "world-famous system of discovering petroleum deposits". He also was a founding father of Kappa Delta Phi fraternity.