| Theodore B. Comstock | |
| Birth Name: | Theodore Bryant Comstock |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation: | Geologist, educator, mining consultant |
| Signature: | Signature of Theodore Bryant Comstock.png |
| Office: | 1st President of the University of Arizona |
| Termend: | 1895 |
| Termstart: | 1894 |
| Succeeded: | Howard Billman |
Theodore Bryant Comstock (1849–1915) was an American geologist, educator, university administrator, and mining consultant.[1] He served as the first president of the University of Arizona.
Theodore B. Comstock was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on July 27, 1849. He earned a bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, and postgraduate degrees from Cornell University.[2] He married Blanche Huggins in 1880.
He was a professor of general and economic geology at Cornell University from 1875 to 1879, and a professor of mining engineering and physics at the University of Illinois from 1885 to 1889.[3] [4] [5] [6]
He served as first president of the University of Arizona from 1894 to 1895.[7] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from what is now Pennsylvania State University in 1868, a Bachelor of Science in 1870 and D.Sc. in 1886 from Cornell University.[8]
Theodore B. Comstock died at his home in Los Angeles on July 26, 1915.[9]
He made contributions to American Naturalist, the American Journal of Science, and the Engineering and Mining Journal.[2]