William Herbert Hobbs

William Herbert Hobbs, Ph.D. (Worcester, Mass., July 2, 1864 – Ann Arbor, MI, January 1, 1953) was an American geologist.

He was educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (in 1883 he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science.

[2] During his career, Hobbs lead four expeditions to Greenland and made several trips in Europe.

A few years later, Hobbs crusaded actively for American participation in World War II, helping to found and lead the 1915 Ann Arbor Branch of the National Security League, he subsequently engaged in related and comparable actions to discourage formation of the League of Nations, [4]

Professional and scientific organizations to which Hobbs has been elected to membership or to office are the following: He became editor of the Journal of Geology in 1909.