Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902
William Morris Davis
Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont





This is Volume VIII of the National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs series. It is read as 33 sections using the memoir headings. John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a leading figure in the geological explorations of the West and helped establish the federal U.S. Geological Survey in 1879. He also led the Bureau of Ethnology and advocated for better treatment and study of Native American tribes and culture. He wrote a definitive study of the arid western U.S., advocating for thoughtful irrigation and land management practices. Powell predicted that water rights purchased by corporations, rather than tied to the land, would be a major political and environmental issue. John Wesley Powell was a scientific frontiersman. His life reveals the energetic working of a vigorous and independent personality, full of inspiration, power, and enterprise. He was a founder of major scientific organizations, including the National Geographic Society, Geological Society of America, and the Cosmos Club. Powell lived most of his life in Washington, DC. The memoir was written by William Morris Davis (1850-1934) was a prominent professor of geology, geography, and meteorology at Harvard and knew Powell personally. Summary by Melanie Schleeter McCalmont (3 hr 40 min)
Chapitres
Early Life | 5:39 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Service in the Civil War | 5:03 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Visit to the Rocky Mountains, 1867-1868 | 4:28 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Exploration of the Colorado Canyon | 9:18 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Geological Survey of the Territories and Report on the Colorado Canyon | 11:10 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Antecedent Rivers | 11:10 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Geological Work | 6:20 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Physiographic Work | 8:16 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Baselevel of Erosion | 7:58 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Planation | 5:20 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Physiographic Essays | 7:23 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Lands of the Arid Region | 21:03 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
The Geological Survey | 11:19 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Topographical Map | 5:26 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Reports and Folios | 4:10 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Irrigation Survey | 1:59 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Administration | 7:21 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Resignation from the Survey | 7:22 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Residence in Washington | 3:29 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Ethnological Work | 7:22 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Bureau of Ethnology | 3:21 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Indian Languages and Mythology | 7:00 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Savagery, Barbarism, and Civilization | 3:27 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Synthetic Essays | 9:42 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Mannerisms | 3:12 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Views on Evolution | 6:58 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Evolution of Music | 11:49 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Inductive Studies | 1:40 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Indian Linguistic Families | 4:45 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Philosophical Studies | 6:23 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Pentalogic Series | 2:39 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Truth and Error | 4:44 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |
Personal Estimates | 3:35 | Lu par Melanie Schleeter McCalmont |