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Name	Tuomey, Michael, 1805-1857
Born	9/29/1805
Birthplace	Cork, Ireland
Places of residence	Cork, Ireland Troy, New York Maryland Pennsylvania Petersburg, VA Columbia, SC Tuscaloosa, AL
Father	Thomas Tuomey
Mother	Nora Foley
Nationality	Irish
Education	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (4/1835) Bachelors Degree 1835
Notes	Founded a school in Petersburg, VA Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL Member of the Boston Society of Natural History Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Occupation	Professor of geology, mineralogy and agricultural chemistry at the University of Alabama (1847-) State Geologist for Alabama (1848-1857) (First to hold the position) State Geologist for South Carolina, 1844 Private Tutor Civil Engineer School teacher
Publications	(1844) Geological and Agricultural Survey of South Carolina (Columbia) (1848) Geology of South Carolina (1849) Geological Map of Alabama (1850) First Biennial Report on the Geology of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) (1855-1857) Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina (10 parts, Charleston) with Francis Holmes (1858) Second Biennial Report on the Geology of Alabama, edited by John Mallett (Montgomery)
Relationships	Hosted Charles Lyell twice
Role	Professor
Spouse	Sarah Handy (1838)
Children	2 daughters: Margarett Mercer Tuomey Nevius (Died in Yellow Fever Epidemic) married Rev. Reuben Denton Nevius Nora L. Tuomey Maclean

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