McGee, W. J., 1853-1912

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1853-04-17
Death 1912-09-04
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Geologist, anthropologist, and hydrologist.

From the description of Papers of W. J. McGee, 1822-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78067600

Biographical Note

1853, Apr. 17 Born near Farley, Iowa 1878 1882 Made surveys of the geology of Iowa 1883 Joined the United States Geological Survey 1883 1894 Surveyed the geology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain 1888 Married Anita Newcomb (died 1940) 1893 Became anthropologist in charge, Bureau of American Ethnology 1903 1904 In charge of the anthropological and historical exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to the Inland Waterways Commission Appointed by the secretary of agriculture to take charge of the study of the water resources of the United States. 1912, Sept. 4 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the W J McGee Papers, 1880-1916, (bulk 1885-1905), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Born in Iowa in 1853, anthropologist, ethnologist, and geologist William J. McGee worked for the U.S. Geological Survey from 1881 until 1893 when the Bureau of American Ethnology was formed. He was in charge of the Bureau from 1893 to 1903. During that time, he conducted field expeditions to study the Tohono O’odham Indians in southern Arizona and Seri Indians in Sonora, Mexico in late 1894 and late 1895. He held various other prominent scientific positions until his death in 1912.

Photographer William Dinwiddie, born in Virginia in 1867, worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1886 to 1895, then became a journalist and war correspondent.

From the guide to the W.J. McGee Photograph Collection, 1894-1895, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections)

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Subjects:

  • Anthropology
  • Anthropology
  • Chemistry
  • Coastal plains
  • Energy
  • Ethnology
  • Ethnology Archaeology Anthropology
  • Exhibitions
  • Exhibitions
  • Geography
  • Geography
  • Geological surveys
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Heat
  • History
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Matter, Structure Of
  • Museums
  • Museums
  • Scientific publications
  • Smithsonian Publications
  • Surveys And Explorations, General
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Occupations:

  • Anthropologists
  • Ethnologists
  • Geologists
  • Hydrologists
  • Scientists

Places:

  • Iowa (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Missouri (as recorded)
  • Minnesota (as recorded)

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