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Symmes, John Cleves, 1780-1829

LC control no.n 87803362
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Personal name headingSymmes, John Cleves, 1780-1829
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1780
Death date1829
Special noteCannot positively be identified as the real identity behind the pseudonym Adam Seaborn, a pseudonym which has been variously attributed to John Cleves Symmes, Nathaniel Ames and Washington Irving.
Found inLCCN 05-14156: His The Symmes theory of concentric spheres, 1878 (hdg.: Symmes, John Cleves, 1780-1829; usage: Capt. John Cleves Symmes)
A dictionary of American authors, 1969 (Symmes, John Cleves; 1780-1829; a soldier of Newport, Ky.; author of The theory of concentric spheres, an attempt to prove that the Earth is hollow)
Symzonia, 1965: title page (Captain Adam Seaborn, pseudonym of John Cleves Symmes)
Associated languageeng