Armand W. Forstall, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS37
The collection consists of bound notebooks kept by Forstall on academic subjects that he taught at Georgetown University and other insitutions.
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Rev. Armand W. Forstall, S.J. was a French-born Jesuit priest and earthquake expert. Educated at Amiens, the University of Douai, and at Woodstock College, he briefly taught at Georgetown University before serving as a professor at Regis College for a long time beginning in 1885. He taught mathematics, physics, and chemistry. From 1909 to 1934, he was in charge of the seismic station at Regis College.
Rev. A.W. Forstall, S.J. died in 1948 at the age of 88.
[Sources: New York Times obituary, 4/22/1948 and Obituary by Joseph V. Downey, S.J Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 38, No. 3, July 1948].
0.25 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository