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Biography

Name: Clarence King
Birth Date: January 6, 1842
Death Date: December 24, 1901
Place of Birth: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Place of Death: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: geologist

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Biography of Clarence King
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Clarence King (1842-1901), American geologist and mining engineer, was the first director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Clarence King was born January 6, 1842, in Newport, R.I., into a family that traced its origins to colonial times. He attended the...


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Clarence King Information
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Clarence King (January 6,1842 – December 24,1901) was an American geologist and mountaineer. He was the first director of the United States Geological Survey, from 1879-1881. Clarence King was noted for his exploration of the Sierra Nevada. He was...


News and Journals
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New Orleans Magazine
The pioneers of jazz: King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Clarence Williams
04/01/2002: 1,122 words, approx. 4 pages
April is a sweet month as Jazz Fest spreads its warmth. Fans of New Orleans-style jazz - the seminal idiom - see it performed in more venues, by a greater variety of players. It is an appropriate moment to reflect on origins. Scott...
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ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly)
"The ruin of a bygone geological empire": Clarence King and the place of the primitive in the evolution of American identity.
09/01/2004: 11,331 words, approx. 38 pages
Men are born either catastrophists or uniformitarians. You may divide the human race into imaginative people who believe in all sorts of impending crises ... and others who anchor their very souls to the status quo. Clarence King, "Catastrophism and Evolution" 1877 ...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by David Mazel
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In the following excerpt, Mazel examines Clarence King's Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada in order to explore the connections between early environmentalism, literary realism, and corporate capitalism.


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