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BROAD]READ, Garland Carr, geologist, born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, 30 October, 1827. He was educated at the University of Missouri. In 1857-'61 and 1871-'2 he was assistant state geologist of Missouri, and in 1873-'5 state geologist. He was an assistant in the Illinois geological survey in 1868, and a member of the Missouri River commission in 1884-'6. He has made extensive scientific tours in the west. As special agent of the 10th census, he reported on the quarry industries of Missouri and Kansas in 1881. In 1875 he was employed by the Smithsonian institution to make collections in Missouri for the centennial exhibition, and in 1884 collected objects for the New Orleans exhibition. The results of his geological investigations in Missouri are published in "Missouri Geological Reports, 1855-'71" (Jefferson City, 1873) and "Missouri Geological Survey, 1873-'4" (1874).
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