Letter from Grove Karl Gilbert to [William Morris] Davis, 1892? October 4.

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Letter from Grove Karl Gilbert to [William Morris] Davis, 1892? October 4.

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This letter from Gilbert to Davis describes slopes and erosion. The head of the letter states: Reply to my MS. on "Convex profiles of divides." It was written in Washington on U.S. Geological Survey letterhead, probably in 1892. Davis's work The Convex Profiles of Badland Divides was published in 1893.

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918

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William Morris Davis (1850-1934) was an American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography." Grove Karl Gilbert, also known as G.K. Gilbert, was an American geologist. In 1871 he joined George M. Wheeler's geographical survey as its first geologist. He then joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879. From the description of Let...

Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934

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Epithet: American geographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x0001d0 William Morris Davis (1850-1934) earned his Harvard S.B. in 1869. He taught geology and geography at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Morris Davis, ca. 1878-ca. 1930 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069254 Frank Spooner Churchill served as the resident physician on this exc...