William John McGee
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American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912)
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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- 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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