John Wesley Powell

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civil servant ethnologist explorer geologist human university teacher

John Wesley Powell was a 19th-century American geologist, explorer, and ethnologist best known for leading the first documented expedition through the Grand Canyon and for his influential work in Western land and water policy.

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Label	Occurrences
John Wesley Powell canonical	11
John Wesley Powell Award of the USGS named in his honor	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil servant ⓘ ethnologist ⓘ explorer ⓘ geologist ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
birthDate	1834-03-24 ⓘ
birthPlace	Mount Morris, New York ⓘ surface form: Mount Morris, New York, United States
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1902-09-23 ⓘ
deathPlace	North Haven, Maine ⓘ surface form: Haven, Maine, United States
educatedAt	Illinois College ⓘ Oberlin College ⓘ Wheaton College, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Wheaton College
employer	Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Ethnology Illinois State Normal University ⓘ Illinois Wesleyan University ⓘ United States Geological Survey ⓘ
endTime	Director of the Bureau of Ethnology: 1902 ⓘ Director of the United States Geological Survey: 1894 ⓘ
expedition	Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries ⓘ surface form: 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition 1871–1872 Colorado River expedition ⓘ
explored	Colorado River ⓘ Grand Canyon National Park ⓘ surface form: Grand Canyon
familyName	Powell ⓘ
fieldOfWork	anthropology of Native American peoples ⓘ ethnology ⓘ geology ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ hydrology ⓘ
fullName	John Wesley Powell self-link ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasPart	lost right arm in the American Civil War ⓘ
honor	John Wesley Powell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Wesley Powell Award of the USGS named in his honor Lake Powell named after him ⓘ Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him ⓘ
knownFor	founding and directing the Bureau of Ethnology ⓘ founding and directing the USGS ⓘ influential proposals on Western land and water policy ⓘ leading the first documented boat expedition through the Grand Canyon ⓘ pioneering studies of the Colorado River ⓘ
memberOf	Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank	major ⓘ
notableWork	Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries ⓘ Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States ⓘ
occupation	ethnologist ⓘ explorer ⓘ geologist ⓘ professor ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participantIn	American Civil War ⓘ
positionHeld	Director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ Director of the United States Geological Survey ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
spouse	Emma Dean Powell ⓘ
startTime	Director of the Bureau of Ethnology: 1879 ⓘ Director of the United States Geological Survey: 1881 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Geographic Society → foundedBy → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

Bureau of American Ethnology → foundedBy → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

Bureau of American Ethnology → director → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

Lake Powell → namedAfter → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

Longs Peak → firstAscentBy → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

John Wesley Powell → fullName → John Wesley Powell self-link ⓘ

John Wesley Powell → honor → John Wesley Powell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Wesley Powell Award of the USGS named in his honor

Almon Harris Thompson → relative → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

Henry Mountains → namedBy → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

BAE → foundedBy → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

subject surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology

BAE → director → John Wesley Powell ⓘ

subject surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology

Arthur Powell Davis → relative → John Wesley Powell ⓘ