Andrew Douglass proposes dendrochronology dating

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
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Palaeontology and fossils

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Date of occurrence 1920

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United States (Location)

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In 1894 Andrew Ellicott Douglass (5th July, 1867 - 20th March, 1962), an American astronomer, began his work on the theory of dendrochronology, after noticing that tree ring growth differed in width depending on climatic change. Dendrochronology, the science of dating wood by studying its growth ring patterns, has been used in a wide range of disciplines, including ecology, archeology and hydrology. In 1937 Douglass established the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona.

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