| LC control no. | n 50030005 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hough, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1822-1885 |
| Variant(s) | Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 1822-1885 Hough, Benjamin Franklin, 1822-1885 Hough, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1822-1885 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Albany (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1822-07-22 |
| Death date | 1885-06-11 |
| Place of birth | Martinsburg (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Lowville (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 97th (1862-1865) United States. Department of Agriculture United States. Division of Forestry |
| Profession or occupation | Foresters--United States |
| Found in | James, P. R. Index to Franklin B. Hough's ... c1988. OCLC, Nov. 30, 2007 (hdg.: Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 1822-1885; usage: Franklin B. Hough; Franklin Benjamin Hough; F.B. Hough) Hough, Franklin Benjamin. A history of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, New York, from the earliest period to the present time, 1853: title page (Franklin B. Hough, A.M, M.D., corresponding member of the New York Historical Society) page iv (Franklin B. Hough, Albany) Who was who in America, 1607-1896: (Hough, Franklin Benjamin; physician; forester; born. Martinsburg, N.Y., July 22, 1822; grad. Union College, 1843; M.D. Western Reserve Med. Coll., 1848; beame prin. Gustavus Acad. in Ohio, 1845; chosen to direct N.Y. State Census, 1854; regimental surgeon 97th N.Y. Volunteers, 1862-1863; supt. N.Y. State Census, 1865; D.C. Census, 1867; elected supt. U.S. Census, 1870; appointed forestry agent, U.S. Dept. Agr. (1st federal official in forestry) with responsibility to investigate consumption of timber and preservation of forests, 1876; new commission with larger appropriation from Congress, 1881; died Lowville, N.Y., June 11, 1885) |
| Associated language | eng |
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