John Wesley Powell was a United States Army soldier, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He gained renown for his 1869 expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers, achieving the first government-sanctioned passage through the Grand Canyon, and was appointed by President James A. Garfield to serve as the second director of the United States Geological Survey from 1881 to 1894, where he advocated for western development policies grounded in careful environmental assessment. Before leading the Geological Survey he had already become the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution.
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BirthplaceMount Morris, New York, U.S. 1 Death PlaceHaven Colony, Brooklin, Maine, U.S. 1 Defining Contribution1869 expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon 1 Connections
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1. John Wesley Powell - Wikipedia
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March 24, 1834
Early life, first sentence
Powell was born in Mount Morris, New York, in 1834
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John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U.S.
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September 23, 1902
Infobox, birth_place
Mount Morris, New York, U.S.
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Haven Colony, Brooklin, Maine, U.S.
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first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon
View the Source2. John Wesley Powell (Wikidata)
Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
also known as Wes Powell
Wikidata item aliases (en) [2]
also known as J. W. Powell
Wikidata item aliases (en) [3]
also known as J.W.Powell
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also known as Major John Wesley
Wikidata item aliases (en) [5]
also known as John W. Powell
P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
citizen of United States
P19 (place of birth) [1]
born in Mount Morris
P20 (place of death) [1]
died in North Haven
View the SourceWikidata: John Wesley Powell
Wikidata Q348325, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Clarence Dutton (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Clarence Dutton, Life and career section, Powell clauseQuote, Associated With: Clarence Dutton, Life and career section, Powell clause
Dutton was a close associate of John Wesley Powell, G.K. Gilbert, and William Henry Holmes at the USGS.
Grove Karl Gilbert - Wikipedia
Associated With: Grove Karl Gilbert, Rockies geologist sectionQuote, Associated With: Grove Karl Gilbert, 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.
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