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{{Short description|American geologist (1842–1926)}}
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1842|09|21}}
| birth_place     = [[Holmdel Township, New Jersey|Holmdel Township]], New Jersey
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1926|04|21|1842|09|21}}
| death_place     = [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], New York
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| occupation      = Geologist
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* [[Rutgers University|Rutgers College]]
* [[Lafayette College]]
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'''John Conover Smock''' (September 21, 1842 – April 21, 1926) was an American geologist.
==Biography==
Smock was born in [[Holmdel Township, New Jersey]], graduated at [[Rutgers University|Rutgers College]] in 1862, and was tutor in chemistry there 1865–67.<ref name=Cyclopedia>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-4pAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA560 |title=The National Cyclopedia of American Biography |volume=XI |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=560 |year=1901 |access-date=2020-08-06 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He became Professor-elect of Mining and Metallurgy in 1867, holding the chair 1871–75, meantime studying in Germany at the [[Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg]] and at the [[University of Berlin]]. He was assistant in charge of the [[New York State Museum]] 1885–89, received a Ph.D. from [[Lafayette College]] in 1882,<ref name=Cyclopedia/> and was manager of the [[American Institute of Mining Engineers]] 1875–77.
Smock was associated with [[George Hammell Cook]] in preparing the annual reports of the Geological Survey of New Jersey for 1871–84, and in the volumes on ''The Geology of New Jersey'' (1868), and the ''Report on Clay Deposits''; issued, as a bulletin of the State museum, ''On Building-Stones in New York'' (1888).<ref>''[[Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas]]'', 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.</ref>
In 1890 he was appointed State Geologist of New Jersey.<ref name=Marquis>[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/1056/mode/2up John Conover Smock], in ''[[Marquis Who's Who]]'' (1902 edition), via [[archive.org]]</ref>
He died in [[Hudson, New York]], on April 21, 1926.<ref>Obituary, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 22, 1926</ref>
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