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See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
KING, See also:CLARENCE (1842–1901) , See also:American geologist, was See also:born at See also:Newport, Rhode See also:Island, U.S.A., on the 6th of See also:January 1842. He graduated at Yale in 1862. His most important See also:work was the See also:geological exploration of the fortieth parallel, of which the See also:main reports (1876 and 1877) comprised the geological and topographical See also:atlas of the Rocky Mountains, the See also:Green See also:River and See also:Utah basins, and the See also:Nevada See also:plateau and See also:basin. When the See also:United States Geological Survey was consolidated in 1879 King was chosen director, and he vigorously conducted investigations in See also:Colorado, and in the See also:Eureka See also:district and on the Comstock lode in Nevada. He held See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office for a See also:year only; in later years his only noteworthy contribution to See also:geology was an See also:essay on the See also:age of the See also:earth, which appeared in the See also:annual See also:report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1893. He died at See also:Phoenix, See also:Arizona, on the 24th of See also:December 1901.
End of Article: KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
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