John Wesley Powell (1834–1902)

Auteur de The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons

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A propos de l'auteur

Powell was born in western New York. His family later moved to Ohio and then to Wisconsin, where he began his adult life as a teacher. For about nine years, he taught and took time to study at colleges in Ohio and Illinois. When the Civil War began, he enlisted and quickly rose to the rank of afficher plus major, laying out roads and designing bridges. Powell was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and lost his right arm. Because of these events, for the remainder of his life he was referred to as Major Powell or One-arm Powell. After the war, he organized several expeditions down the Colorado River, which heretofore had not come under scientific study. It was during these trips and others that he formulated the concept of base level and antecedent streams. Although his ideas and observations are noteworthy, Powell was not a prolific writer, and his writings were not scholarly in style. Powell became the president of the U.S. Geological Survey, a position from which he lobbied congressmen and senators for funding for topographic mapping and technical reports. He was a strong proponent of developing the American West on a sound and realistic foundation. Powell died in Maine during the summer of 1902. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

Comprend les noms: J.W.Powell, J. W. Powell, J W Powell, director, Director J.W. Powell, John Wesley Powell (ed)., Major John Wesley Powell, John Wesley Powell, ed. (BAE)

Comprend aussi: John W. Powell (1)

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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons (1875) 703 exemplaires

Down the Colorado (1969) 155 exemplaires

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The Hopi Villages: The Ancient Province of Tusayan (1972) 40 exemplaires

Seeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell (Pioneers of Conservation) (2001) 35 exemplaires

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Third annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82 (1884) 16 exemplaires

Eighth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-87 (1891) 15 exemplaires

Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81 (1883) 14 exemplaires

Sixth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85 (1888) 14 exemplaires

Anthropology of the Numa; John Wesley Powell's manuscripts on the Numic peoples of Western North America,… (1971) 13 exemplaires

First through the Grand Canyon: Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70 (1915) 12 exemplaires

Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1899 - 1900 (1903) 12 exemplaires

Sixteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95 (1897) 12 exemplaires

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Tenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89 (1889) 11 exemplaires

The Diary of John Wesley Powell (In My Own Words) (2002) 10 exemplaires

11th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1889-90 (1894) 8 exemplaires

Twenty-third (23rd) Annual Report Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution… (1904) 8 exemplaires

Twentieth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1898-99 (1903) 7 exemplaires

Eighteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-97 7 exemplaires

Fifteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94 (1897) 7 exemplaires

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Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1900… (2018) 6 exemplaires

Sketch on the mythology of the North American Indians (1881) 6 exemplaires

The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell. A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of… (2001) 6 exemplaires

Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1890-1891. 6 exemplaires

Nineteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-98 (1900) 6 exemplaires

Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-93 5 exemplaires

Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the… (2011) 5 exemplaires

Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1892-1893 Part II (1896) 4 exemplaires

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On the evolution of language, as exhibited in the specialization of the grammatic processes, the differentiation of the… (1881) 4 exemplaires

Introduction to the study of Indian languages 4 exemplaires

Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology 1895-96 Part 1 (1898) 4 exemplaires

Contributions to North American Ethnology vol IV. (contribs: Houses and House Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis… (1881) 4 exemplaires

La Exploración del Gran Cañón del Colorado (1983) 3 exemplaires

Selected prose of John Wesley Powell 3 exemplaires

Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute 1895-96 2 exemplaires

John Wesley Powell and the Anthropology of the Canyon Country (1995) 2 exemplaires

Twenty-Second Annual Report Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution… 2 exemplaires

Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1892-1893 in Two… (2017) 2 exemplaires

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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT NO. 12 PART 2 (1890-91) 2 exemplaires

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT NO. 8 PART 1 2 exemplaires

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Bureau of Ethnology 2 exemplaires

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1881 - '82. 2 exemplaires

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Beyond The Hundredth Meridian - John Wesley Powell And The Second Opening Of The West (1954) 2 exemplaires

Overland Trip to the Grand Canyon (Wild and Woolly West Books) (1974) 2 exemplaires

Exploring the Colorado River: Firsthand Accounts by Powell and His Crew (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure) (2012) 2 exemplaires

Selected Prose of John Wesley Powell-A Collection of Essays & Articles Dogmas & Prophecies Edited and Introduced by… (1970) 2 exemplaires

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Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 15, No. 1-4, January, April, July, October 1947 - The Exploration of the Colorado… (1947) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires

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Nineteenth Annual Report Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution 1897-98 :… 1 exemplaire

Report of special commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; the… 1 exemplaire

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Nom légal: Powell, John Wesley
Autres noms: Powell, J. W.
Date de naissance: 1834-04-24
Date de décès: 1902-09-23
Lieu de sépulture: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Mount Morris, New York, USA
Lieu du décès: Brooklin, Maine, USA
Lieux de résidence: Jackson, Ohio, USA
Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
Boone County, Illinois, USA
Études: Illinois College
Oberlin College
Professions: geologist
university professor
civil servant
army officer
Organisations: U.S. Geological Survey
Smithsonian Institution
Illinois Natural History Society
Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois State Normal University
Museum of the Illinois State Natural History Society (tout afficher 7)
U.S. Army
Prix et distinctions: mineral Powellite named in his honor
Lake Powell named in his honor
Powell Peak named in his honor
Powell Plateau named in his honor
Powell, Wyoming, USA named in his honor
Criminal Justice Services Department of Mesa County in Grand Junction, Colorado residential building named in his honor (tout afficher 8)
John Wesley Powell Middle School, Littleton, Colorado, USA named in his honor
Powell Jr High School, Mesa, Arizona, USA named in his honor

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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons par John Wesley Powell

This is like an adventure novel and a travel journal, boring at times, interesting and readable others.

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mykl-s | 5 autres critiques | Aug 11, 2023 |

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its… par John Wesley Powell

Classic read about the first major expedition of the Colorado river area. Great descriptions of the landscape and the adventures of the crew. Also interesting to read about the interaction of Powell and his team with local Indian tribes and description of their different cultures

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Crystal199 | 5 autres critiques | Jun 27, 2022 |

The Hopi Villages par John Wesley Powell

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pszolovits | 1 autre critique | Feb 3, 2021 |

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its… par John Wesley Powell

Though plain spoken in describing the portages in such canyons the immensity of the landscape and the task undertaken by Powell and his men permeated the read. Truly an awesome undertaken. And his descriptions of side canyons and Indians that inhabited these areas in the early 1870s were very interesting and unsentimental. A very enlightening though sometimes tedious read.

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JBreedlove | 5 autres critiques | Jun 2, 2016 |

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