Earth and Environment Atlas

How The Planet Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Scientist

Grove Karl Gilbert

Also Known As G. K. Gilbert
Geologist

Grove Karl Gilbert, generally cited in the geological literature by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert, was an American geologist.

Facts
Birth Date
1843-05-06 1
Birth Year
1843 1
Death Date
1918-05-01 1
Death Year
1918 1
Birthplace
Rochester, New York, U.S. 1
Death Place
Jackson, Michigan, U.S. 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Correctly identified lunar craters as caused by impacts 1
Notable Work
The Geology of the Henry Mountains 1
Connections

Associated With

Clarence Dutton, Scientists
Source Clarence Dutton (Wikipedia)
Clarence Dutton, Scientists
Source Clarence Dutton (Wikipedia)
John Wesley Powell, Scientists
Source Grove Karl Gilbert - Wikipedia

Works In

Geomorphology, Disciplines
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Grove Karl Gilbert
Sources
1. Grove Karl Gilbert - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 - May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name G.
  • Intro, birth date in first sentence
    May 6, 1843
  • Intro, death date in first sentence
    May 1, 1918
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Rochester, New York, U.S.
  • Infobox, death_place
    Jackson, Michigan, U.S.
  • Intro, first sentence
    was an American geologist
  • Intro, first sentence, abbreviated name
    known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert
  • Rockies geologist
    The Geology of the Henry Mountains (1877)
  • Geomorphology
    correctly identifying lunar craters as caused by impacts
  • Associated With: John Wesley Powell, Rockies geologist section
    Gilbert joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879.
View the Source
Wikidata: Grove Karl Gilbert
Wikidata Q463448, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Grove Karl Gilbert (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of United States
  • P19 (place of birth) [1]
    born in Rochester
  • P20 (place of death) [1]
    died in Jackson
View the Source
Clarence Dutton (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Clarence Dutton, Life and career section, Gilbert clause
    Dutton was a close associate of John Wesley Powell, G.K. Gilbert, and William Henry Holmes at the USGS.
  • Associated With: Clarence Dutton, Life and career section
    Dutton was a close associate of John Wesley Powell, G.K. Gilbert, and William Henry Holmes at the USGS.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.