John Wesley Powell

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John Wesley Powell was a 19th-century American geologist, explorer, and ethnologist best known for leading the first documented expedition through the Grand Canyon and for his influential work in Western land and water policy.

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instanceOf civil servant
ethnologist
explorer
geologist
human
university teacher
birthDate 1834-03-24
birthPlace Mount Morris, New York, United States
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1902-09-23
deathPlace Haven, Maine, United States
linked to: North Haven, Maine
educatedAt Illinois College
Oberlin College
Wheaton College
employer Bureau of Ethnology
Illinois State Normal University
Illinois Wesleyan University
United States Geological Survey
endTime Director of the Bureau of Ethnology: 1902
Director of the United States Geological Survey: 1894
expedition 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition
1871–1872 Colorado River expedition
explored Colorado River
Grand Canyon
familyName Powell
fieldOfWork anthropology of Native American peoples
ethnology
geology
geomorphology
hydrology
fullName John Wesley Powell
givenName John
hasPart lost right arm in the American Civil War
honor John Wesley Powell Award of the USGS named in his honor
linked to: John Wesley Powell

Lake Powell named after him
Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him
knownFor founding and directing the Bureau of Ethnology
founding and directing the USGS
influential proposals on Western land and water policy
leading the first documented boat expedition through the Grand Canyon
pioneering studies of the Colorado River
memberOf Union Army
militaryRank major
notableWork Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States
occupation ethnologist
explorer
geologist
professor
soldier
participantIn American Civil War
positionHeld Director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution
Director of the United States Geological Survey
religion Methodism
spouse Emma Dean Powell
startTime Director of the Bureau of Ethnology: 1879
Director of the United States Geological Survey: 1881

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National Geographic Society foundedBy John Wesley Powell
Bureau of American Ethnology foundedBy John Wesley Powell
Bureau of American Ethnology director John Wesley Powell
Lake Powell namedAfter John Wesley Powell
Longs Peak firstAscentBy John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell fullName John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell honor John Wesley Powell Award of the USGS named in his honor
linked to: John Wesley Powell
Almon Harris Thompson relative John Wesley Powell
Henry Mountains namedBy John Wesley Powell
Bureau of American Ethnology foundedBy John Wesley Powell
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Bureau of American Ethnology director John Wesley Powell
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Arthur Powell Davis relative John Wesley Powell