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Clarence King

Clarence Rivers King (January 6, 1842 – December 24, 1901) was an American geologist, mountaineer, and author. He was the first director of the United States Geological Survey from 1879 to 1881. Nominated by Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes, King was noted for his exploration of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by King, Clarence, 1842-1901

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    The Oxford Book of American Essays by Brownell, W. C. (William Crary), 1851-1928 [Contributor]; Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 [Contributor]; Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 [Contributor]; Crothers, Samuel McChord, 1857-1927 [Contributor]; Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 [Contributor]; Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882 [Contributor]; Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 [Contributor]; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 [Contributor]; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 [Contributor]; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 [Contributor]; Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 [Contributor]; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 [Contributor]; Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 [Contributor]; Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 [Contributor]; James, Henry, 1843-1916 [Contributor]; King, Clarence, 1842-1901 [Contributor]; Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 [Contributor]; Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 [Contributor]; Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 [Contributor]; Martin, Edward Sandford, 1856-1939 [Contributor]; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 [Contributor]; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 [Contributor]; Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 [Contributor]; Trent, William P. (William Peterfield), 1862-1939 [Contributor]; Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 [Contributor]; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 [Contributor]; Winthrop, Theodore, 1828-1861 [Contributor]; Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 [Editor]

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