George W. (George William) Bain

Born in 1901, George W. Bain was a geologist and teacher whose career was closely tied to Amherst College. Archival records describe him as a professor of geology there from 1926 to 1966, and note that he studied at McGill University and Columbia University before joining the faculty.

Alongside teaching, he worked as a consulting geologist for organizations including the Vermont Marble Company and both the United States and Canadian geological surveys. Amherst's archives also show that his papers preserve teaching materials, correspondence, research notes, and published work, reflecting a long life in the field and the classroom.

Bain is especially associated with The Flow of Time in the Connecticut Valley, written with Howard A. Meyerhoff, a book that explores the region through its geological past. He died in 1991, leaving behind a body of work shaped by careful observation and a gift for explaining how landscapes come to be.