Oscar Edward Meinzer

Oscar Edward Meinzer
Photo of Meinzer taken in 1916
Born	November 28, 1876[1] Davis, Illinois[1]
Died	June 14, 1948 (aged 71)[1] Washington, D.C.[1]
Institutions	United States Geological Survey
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Thesis	The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (1922)
Known for	Father of groundwater hydrology
Notable awards	William Bowie Medal[2]
Spouse	Alice Breckenridge Crawford[1]
Children	Robert William Meinzer and Roy Crawford Meinzer[3]

Cuban well diggers at Guantanamo Base in 1920

Craters of the Moon Ford tent

Casa Techo in San Antonio, Cuba (1920)

Oscar Edward Meinzer (1876–1948) was a hydrogeologist who has been called the "father of modern groundwater hydrology".^[1][4][3] He was awarded the William Bowie Medal in 1943. The O. E. Meinzer award is named for him.

Selected works

• — (1923). The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 489. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• — (1923). Outline of ground-water hydrology, with definitions (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 494. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• —; Hard, Herbert A (1925). The artesian water supply of the Dakota sandstone in North Dakota, with special reference to the Edgeley quadrangle (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 520. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• — (1927). Plants as indicators of ground water (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 577. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• — (1928). "Compressibility and elasticity of artesian aquifers". Economic Geology 23 (3): 263–291. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.23.3.263.
• — (1929). A study of ground water in the Pomperaug Basin, Connecticut : with special reference to intake and discharge (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 597-B. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• —; Stearns, Norah Dowell (1929). Problems of the soft-water supply of the Dakota sandstone, with special reference to the conditions at Canton, South Dakota (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 597-C. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• — (1932). Outline of methods for estimating ground-water supplies (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 638. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• —; Fishel, V. C (1934). "Tests of permeability with low hydraulic gradients". Transactions, American Geophysical Union 15 (2): 405. doi:10.1029/TR015i002p00405.
• —, ed. (1942). Hydrology. McGraw-Hill.

References

1. "Meinzer, Oscar Edward". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography 9. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2008. pp. 257–258. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
2. "Oscar Edward Meinzer". Honors program. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
3. Sayre, A. Nelson (1948). "Oscar Edward Meinzer". Transactions, American Geophysical Union 29 (4): 455. doi:10.1029/TR029i004p00455.
4. Meyer, Gerald (17 November 2012). "Oscar E. Meinzer — father of modern groundwater hydrology in the United States". Hydrogeology Journal 3 (2): 76–78. doi:10.1007/s10040-995-0005-0.

• Hackett, O. M. (April 1964). "The father of modern groundwater hydrology". Ground Water 2 (2): 2–5. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6584.1964.tb01749.x.
• Lohman, S. W. (1986). "Tribute to Oscar Edward Meinzer". In J. S. Rosenshein, J.E. Moore, S.W. Lohman, and E.B. Chase. Two-hundred years of hydrogeology in the United States (PDF) (Report). U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 51–60. Open-File Report 86-480. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
• Maxey, George B. (1986). "The Meinzer era of hydrogeology in the United States, 1910-40". In J. S. Rosenshein, J.E. Moore, S.W. Lohman, and E.B. Chase. Two-hundred years of hydrogeology in the United States (PDF) (Report). U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 45–50. Open-File Report 86-480. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

External links

• List of books by Meinzer
• Meinzer collection (USGS Denver Library Photographic Collection)