Letters of Clarence King [manuscript] 1891 & n.d.
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Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930
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George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright Leag...
Waring, George E. (George Edwin), 1833-1898
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American agriculturalist and author. From the description of A health we drink to Holmes : autograph manuscript signed of a toast : Newport, R.I., 1884 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646039894 Waring was Secretary of the U.S. National Board of Health. From the description of George Edwin Waring correspondence : [Newport, R.I.], 1883-1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 49805529 Epithet: of Bailieborough, county Cavan British Library ...
King, Clarence, 1842-1901
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Clarence Rivers King (1842-1901) was a geologist, mining engineer, and writer. He graduated from Yale Scientific School in 1862, journeyed West, and joined the California Geological Survey as volunteers. From 1867-1877, King directed the geological and scientific survey of the Fortieth Parallel from eastern Colorado to the California border. The next year he was made head of the newly established United States Geological Survey, a position he held until entering private practice as a mining engi...
