William John McGee
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American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912)
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1853
- Died
- 1912
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Bureau of American ethnology
- The beginning of agriculture
- Three formations of the middle Atlantic slope
- First-hand observations of the Charleston earthquake of August 31, 1886, and other earthquake materials
- Wells and subsoil water
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dubuque County
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Spouse
- Anita Newcomb McGee
- Occupation
- inventor
- Employer
- University of Iowa
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- WilliamJohnMcGee 1900 Smithsonian02861200.jpg
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- Commons category
- William John McGee
- date of birth
- 1853-01-01
- date of death
- 1912-01-01
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
- Commons Creator page
- William John McGee
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Geological Society of America
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
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Categories
1853 births1912 deaths19th-century American explorersAmerican anthropologistsAmerican geologistsAmerican inventorsAmerican science writersDeaths from cancer in Washington, D.C.History of the Gulf of CaliforniaInventors from IowaPeople from Dubuque County, IowaPresidents of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceUnited States Geological Survey personnelWriters from Dubuque, Iowa