Citizenship American | Spouse Margaret C Holmes | |
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Born January 23, 1859Laurens County, South Carolina ( 1859-01-23 ) Died 13 July 1915, Denver, Colorado, United States Books The Use and Misuse of Explosives in Coal Mining... - Scholar's Choice Edition Institutions United States Bureau of Mines, United States Geological Survey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
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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