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# Everette Lee DeGolyer

(1886–1956)   Petroleum Geologist

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Everette Lee DeGolyer was a petroleum geologist.

## Quick Facts About Everette Lee DeGolyer

Born October 9, 1886

Died December 14, 1956

Profession Petroleum Geologist

## About Everette Lee DeGolyer

American geophysicist and philanthropist (1886–1956)... \| Everette Lee DeGolyer, was a prominent oil company executive, petroleum exploration geophysicist and philanthropist in Dallas. He was known as "the founder of applied geophysics in the petroleum industry", and as "the father of American geophysics," and was a legendary collector of rare and often ea

##  Quotes by Everette Lee DeGolyer

> [Prospecting for oil is a dynamic art... The greatest single element in all prospecting, past, present and future, is the man willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everette-lee-degolyer/prospecting-for-oil-is-a-dynamic-art-the-greatest-single-element-in/)

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