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Wes Hildreth


Born
in Newton, Massachusetts, The United States
August 17, 1938

Died
June 19, 2025


Edward Wesley Hildreth III was an American geologist affiliated with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and its California Volcano Observatory. Employed by the USGS as a research geologist from 1977 until his death, Hildreth was a Department of the Interior senior scientist. Described in Wired as "one of the great volcanologists/petrologists of our time," his work in the fields of volcanology, petrology, and geological mapping had been recognized with the Bowen Award and Thorarinsson Medal, and with fellowship in the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the American Geophysical Union. Hildreth's body of research included work on the volcanic history of the Cascade Range, magmatism of the Long Valley Caldera, and mapping of mountain region ...more

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