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LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901

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Personal name headingLeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901
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Variant(s)Le Conte, Joseph, 1823-1901
Conte, Joseph Le, 1823-1901
See alsoFamily: LeConte (Family : LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1823
Death date1901
AffiliationUniversity of California (1868-1952)
Profession or occupationGeologists Chemists College teachers
Found inHis Elements of geology ... 1903.
Stephens, L. D. Joseph LeConte, gentle prophet of evolution, c1982: t.p. (Joseph LeConte)
University of Georgia, Department of Geology Web site, Apr. 18, 2013 (b. 1823, d. 1901)
Finding aid for LeConte and Furman family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, June 19, 2020 (Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) of South Carolina, was a geologist, chemist, author, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley. This collection chiefly contains family letters, 1869-1897, of LeConte to his daughter Emma LeConte (1847-1932), wife of Farish Carter Furman, a Milledgeville, Ga., agriculturalist. Letters relate to scientific work, teaching, university life, family life, and travels to Yosemite and other California and mountain areas. Also included are correspondence, 1870-1894, of Furman regarding his agricultural experiments with cotton and soil fertilization, and histories (photocopies) of the LeConte family and Stevens family by Walter LeConte Stevens, 1880-1910)
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Associated languageeng