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| | Clarence King Papers, American Philosophical Society |
 | | King, Clarence, ALS to Samuel Franklin Emmons, Cheyenne, Wyo. | | | King's efforts to marshall support for his own appointment to head the Survey in 1878 reveal a politically astute side to the man that is matched in interesting fashion by his letter of April 23, 1881, informing Emmons that he should not be offended by his resignation. | | | King, Clarence, ALS to Samuel Franklin Emmons, [New York, N.Y.] |
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http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/k/king.htm
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| | Clarence King -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Biographical information about the justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | | | second son of Henry IV of England and aide to his elder brother, Henry V. Clarence, Lionel of Antwerp, duke of | | | (born 1442, ruled 1461–83) was the first of the Yorkist kings. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045499?tocId=9045499
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| | Clarence King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | His common law marriage in 1888 to a Black woman, Ada Copeland, was kept secret by his keeping a double identity. | | | King didn't even reveal his true name to his wife until he was on his deathbed. | | | With William H. Brewer and Josiah D. Whitney, he was a member of the California Geological Survey. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_King
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| | SummitPost.org - Mount Clarence King Climbing Information |
| | "Named Mount King in 1864 by the Brewer party of the Whitney Survey, for Clarence King, a member of the party. | | | King (1842-1901) was connected with the State Geological Survey from 1863 to 1866 and later became the first chief of the USGS, 1879-81. | | | On the way down two young men came up to me, asked if my name was Brewer, and introduced themselves as two young fellows just graduated last year in the Scientific School at Yale College, who this summer have crossed the plains. |
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| | Newport Notables |
| | Commonly referred to as "Clare," a fifth generation Newporter- his father, James, was involved in the family commerce of King and Talbot during the "opium Wars." | | | Long time King family residence, where he was born and spent much of his life no longer exists. | | | His work on the 40th parallel would make him famous as he and his men lifted this whole region of our country out of the shrouds of myth. |
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| | Clarence King: Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada |
| | In California, he worked as a volunteer on Whitney’s geological survey of the state, and he went on to a distinguished professional career. | | | Clarence King (1842 - 1901), Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (New York: C. Scribner’s sons, 1902). | | | The text for Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada was acquired from the The Library of Congress under the Evolution of the Conservation Movement section of the American Memory online exhibit. |
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