Joseph LeConte

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Joseph LeConte was a 19th-century American geologist and naturalist known for his influential work in geology and his role as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

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instanceOf geologist
human
naturalist
university professor
burialPlace Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
surface form: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, United States
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1823-02-26
dateOfDeath 1901-07-06
educatedAt Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
surface form: College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York

University of Georgia
University of Göttingen
employer University of California, Berkeley
University of South Carolina
era 19th century
familyName LeConte
fieldOfWork geology
natural history
givenName Joseph
knownFor influential geology textbooks
teaching at the University of California, Berkeley
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Academy of Sciences
movement American scientific racism
name Joseph LeConte self-link
nationality American
notableFor early scientific descriptions of Yosemite Valley
popularizing geology in the United States
notableWork Elements of Geology
Evolution and Its Relation to Religious Thought
Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision
occupation geologist
naturalist
university professor
placeOfBirth Liberty County, Georgia
surface form: Liberty County, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Yosemite Valley
surface form: Yosemite Valley, California, United States
positionHeld professor of chemistry and geology at the University of South Carolina
professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley
relative John Eatton Le Conte
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California, United States
sibling John LeConte
view advocated white supremacist views
supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War

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