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Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906

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Personal name headingThompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906
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Variant(s)Thompson, Almon Harris, 1839-1906
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1839-09-24
Death date1906-07-31
Place of birthStoddard (N.H.)
Field of activityTopographic maps
AffiliationGeological Survey (U.S.)
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Profession or occupationGeographers Explorers Educators
Found inLCCN 01-6671: Smithsonian Institution. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries, 1875 (hdg.: Thompson, Almon Harris, 1839-1906; usage: A.H. Thompson)
Wikipedia, viewed 21 July 2022 (Almon Harris Thompson; born 24 September 1839 in Stoddard, New Hampshire; died 31 July 1906; topographer, geologist, explorer, educator, and Civil War veteran; second in command of John Wesley Powell's Second Geographical Expedition (1871-1875); geographer for the U.S. Geological Survey from the early 1880s until his death in 1906; founding member of the National Geographic Society)
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