John Edward Hoffmeister (1889 - 1991) was a geologist and paleontologist who worked in the Pacific, studying the evolution of islands. He earned an A.B. (1920) and Ph.D. in geology (1923) from Johns Hopkins University, and later became a professor of geology at the University of Rochester (1923 - 1964). He primarily worked with Harry S. Ladd studying island formation in the Pacific. Much of this work was completed in conjunction with the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Honolulu, Hawaii.
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J. Edward Hoffmeister Papers, MSS 0231. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Retrieved from http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6d5nb4mh/admin/#ref7
