Biographical Memoir Of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902 (1915) - Tapa blanda

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His life reveals the energetic working of a vigorous and independent personality, not trammeled by traditional methods and not so deeply versed in the history, the content, and the technique of the sciences as to be guided by them, but impelled to the rapid discovery of new principles by the inspiration of previously unexplored surroundings. His life shows us further how a man of exceptional power rises suddenly in an otherwise undistinguished lineage, and how he surmounts the limiting associations of early years, less through the opportunity provided by others than through opportunities Much use has been made of the following articles, especially of the fifth, in which many details of Powell slife are recorded. In a number of cases extracts from these articles are incorporated in the present memoir, with single quotation marks or without marks: John Wesley Powell, by W. H. Brewer. A mer. Journ. Sci., XIV, 1902, pp. 377-382. In memory of John Wesley Powell. Minutes of a meeting held at the U. S. National Museum. Edited by S. P. Langley. Science, n. s., XVI, 1902, pp. 782-790. John Wesley Powell, by G. K. Gilbert. Science, n. s., XVI, 1902, pp. 561-567, with portrait. John Wesley Powell, by G. P. Merrill. A mer. Geol., XXXI, 1903, pp. 327-333, with portrait. John Wesley Powell: A memorial to an American explorer andj scholar. Articles by M. D. Lincoln, G. K. Gilbert, Marcus Baker, and Paul Carus. Edited by G. K. Gilbert and published inT he Open Court Chicago, 1902-1903. John Wesley Powell: Proceedings of a meeting commemorative of his distinguished services. Proc. Washington A cad. Sci., V, 1903, pp. 99-130. This contains a portrait, articles by G. K. Gilbert, D. B. Henderson, S. P. Langley, WJ McG ee, C. R. Van Hise, and C. D. Walcott, and a complete bibliography by P. C. Warman. John Wesley Powell, by C. D. Walcott. 24th A nn. Kept. U. S. Geol. Surv., 1903
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