John Bourne Morton
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Parents
Ambrose Morton
Ambrose Morton
1801 - 1865
Ann Nancy Bourne
Ann Nancy Bourne
1801 - 1870
Spouse
Eliza A Graves
Eliza A Graves
1832 - 1908
Siblings
Benjamin Davis Morton
Benjamin Davis Morton
1837 - 1892
Susan Jane Morton
Susan Jane Morton
1840 - 1895

1840


Age: 9y
1840 Louis Agassiz publishes his Etudes sur les glaciers ("Study on Glaciers", 2 volumes), the first major scientific work to propose that the Earth has seen an ice age.

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