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Joseph Austin Holmes

Joseph Austin Holmes
Cassier's magazine (1911) (14576704380).jpg
Born (1859-01-23)January 23, 1859
Laurens County, South Carolina
Died July 13, 1915(1915-07-13) (aged 56)
Denver, Colorado
Citizenship American
Fields Geology
Agriculture
Institutions U.S. Bureau of Mines (1910–1915)
U.S. Geological Survey
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Alma mater Cornell University (1881)
Spouse Margaret C Holmes

Joseph Austin Holmes (January 23, 1859 – July 15, 1915) was a geologist and occupational safety and health pioneer, best known as the first director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He is the namesake of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association created in 1916.

He contracted tuberculosis in 1914 and died of the disease in Denver, Colorado on July 13, 1915.



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