enlargement of the AAGN. He was president of the AAAS in 1875, and elected its first honorary fellow in 1881, as a special mark of distinction. He was active in founding the American Social Science Association and its first president; also he was one of the corporate members of the National Academy of Sciences, and its president from 1878 until his death. In 1866, Harvard gave him the degree of LL.D. Works Besides numerous papers on geology, chemistry, and physics, contributed to the proceedings of societies and technical journals, he was the author of: Strength of Materials (Charlottesville, 1838) Elements of Mechanical Philosophy (Boston, 1852) Papers on the Geology of Virginia (New York, 1884) References Further reading Angulo A.J. (2009.) William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MIT. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. W. S. W. Ruschenberger, "A Sketch of the Life of Robert E. Rogers, with Biographical Notices of His Father and Brothers," in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, v. XXIII (1886). Emma Barton (with William T. Sidgwick), ed., Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers (Boston, 1897) J. R. Killian, Jr., "William Barton Rogers" in Technology Review, v. 60 (1958), pp. 105–8, 124–30. R. R. Shrock, Geology at M.I.T. 1865-1965, vol. 1: The Faculty and Supporting Staff, 1977. External links Official mini-biography Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers Scientific American. 24-June-1882, pp. 393, Obituary Prof. Wm. B. Rogers 1804 births 1882 deaths College of William & Mary alumni College of William & Mary faculty Presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Virginia faculty People from Virginia University of Virginia alumni American geologists American people of English descent American people of Irish descent American people of Scottish descent Scientists from Philadelphia Founders of academic institutions American slave owners