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John Wesley Powell

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Gender Male
Death122 years ago
Date of birth March 24,1834
Zodiac sign Aries
Born Mount Morris
New York
United States
Date of died September 23,1902
DiedHaven
Brooklin
Maine
United States
Known for Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Spouse Emma Powell
Children Mary Dean Powell
Job Soldier
Geologist
Explorer
Education Illinois College
Oberlin College
Wheaton College
Place of burialArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Parents Joseph Powell
Mary Dean Powell
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Exploring the Colorado River
Seeing Things Whole
Indian Linguistic Families of America: North of Mexico
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries: Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
First Through the Grand Canyon
Introduction to the study of Indian languages
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians
The Diary of John Wesley Powell: Conquering the Grand Canyon
On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data
On the Evolution of Language
Truth and Error: Or, The Science of Intellection
An Overland Trip to the Grand Canon
A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition Down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land
The Hopi Villages: The Ancient Province of Tusayan
Contributions to North American Ethnology
On primitive institutions
Sociology, Or the Science of Institutions
Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society Bureau of American Ethnology
First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-'80
The Physiography of the United States: Ten Monographs
Esthetology
Canyons of the Colorado: With Linked Table of Contents
Philology, Or the Science of Activities Designed for Expression
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881,
Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico: Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to The: Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886,: Government Printing Office, Washington,
Mythologic Philosophy
Physical Features of the Colorado Valley
Design of aerostatic bearings
The Canons of the Colorado
John Wesley Powell and the Anthropology of the Canyon Country
Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology - Scholar's Choice Edition
Report of Special Commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the Condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; The Pai-Utes of Utah, Northern Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Southeastern California; The Go-Si Utes of Utah and Nevada; The Northwestern. . .
Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1890-'91
Titan of Chasms; The Grand Canyon of Arizona. the Titan of Chasms, by C. A. Higgins. the Scientific Explorer, by J. W. Powell. the Greatest Thing in the World, by Chas. F. Lummis. Information for Tourists . . . 15th Thousand
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, Pages 17-56
Annual Report, Volume 25, Parts 1903-1904
Annual Report
Titan of Chasms; The Grand Canyon of Arizona. the Titan of Chasms, by C. A. Higgins. the Scientific Explorer, by J. W. Powell. the Greatest Thing in the World, by Chas. F. Lummis. Information for Tourists . . . 190th Thousand
Contributions to North American ethnology: III
Navaho Houses, Pages 469-518
Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1899-1900
Return to the Garden City
Titan of Chasms; The Grand Canyon of Arizona. the Titan of Chasms, by C. A. Higgins. the Scientific Explorer, by J. W. Powell. the Greatest Thing in the World, by Chas. F. Lummis. Information for Tourists . . . 40th Thousand
Learning and Change, the Problems of Evaulation in Liberal Adult Education
Annual Report, Volume 24, Parts 1902-1903
Report of Special Commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the Condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; The Pai-Utes of Utah, Northern Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Southeastern California; The Go-Si Utes of Utah and Nevada; The Northwestern Shoshones
The Philosophic Bearings of Darwinism. an Address Delivered Before the Biological Society of Washington at the Darwin Memorial Meeting May 12, 1882. Pp. 1-13; The Three Methods of Evolution. from the Bulletin of the Society Vol. VI. Pp. 27-52
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, Pages 1-142
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
The arid lands
Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon, 1869
The Grand Canyon Expedition: The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
The Grand Canyon Expedition
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John Wesley Powell was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions.

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