Born in 1871 in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, Thomas Jaggar son of Bishop Thomas Augustus Jaggar
Anna Louisa Lawrence was a major contributor to modern geology and volcanology. Jaggar was a strong believer that hands on field experience was the key to understanding geology. Jaggar believed that the laboratory setting was an integral pat of learning geoscience, but he felt there was nothing like measuring nature itself. He earned his PhD in geology from Harvard University. He then began a ten year journey working in the field.
Jagger traveled the world to numerous active volcanoes, and earthquake sites investigating, and experiencing firsthand the power of Mother Nature. He later became the lead geologist at MIT where he continued to travel the globe investigating the tragedies of powerful earthquakes and volcanoes. He knew there had to be a better method of studying these events.
In 1909, Thomas Jagger traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii. He decided this would be the location of America’s first Volcano observatory. Jagger worked on this project until his death in 1953
Had a museum dedicated after him in 1987
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferndale_Museum#Bosch-Omori_Seismograph
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[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jaggar>
[4] http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/observatory/hvo_history.html>
[5] http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/history.php>
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferndale_Museum>