LC control no. | n 97052785 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Procter, John Robert, 1844-1903 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Philadelphia (Pa.) Cambridge (Mass.) Frankfort (Ky.) Washington (D.C.) |
Birth date | 1844-03-16 |
Death date | 1903-12-12 |
Place of birth | Mason County (Ky.) |
Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
Affiliation | University of Pennsylvania Harvard University United States Civil Service Commission |
Profession or occupation | State governments--Officials and employees |
Found in | NUCMC data from the Library of Congress Mss. Div. for His Papers, 1867-1903 (Procter, John Robert, 1844-1903; geologist and reformer) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 744 (John Robert Procter, born Mason County, Ky. on March 16, 1844. Attended University of Pennsylvania (1863) and Harvard University (1875). Became Kentucky state geologist and commissioner of immigration though he was not a geologist in 1880. Appointed by President Grover Cleveland to head the U. S. Civil Service Commission in December 1893 where he served until his death on December 12, 1903 in Washington, D. C.) |
Associated language | eng |