Blackburn, Quin A., 1899-1981

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Personal name heading	Blackburn, Quin A., 1899-1981 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Blackburn, Q. A., 1899-1981
Biography/History note	Quin A. Blackburn (b. June 19, 1899, Crow Wing County, Minnesota-d. February 8, 1981), geologist, explorer and surveyor, served with the First and Second Byrd Antarctic Expeditions.
Located	Antarctica Blackburn, Mount (Antarctica) Queen Maud Mountains (Antarctica) Scott Glacier (Antarctica) Ross Ice Shelf (Antarctica)
Birth date	18990619
Death date	19810208
Place of birth	Crow Wing County (Minn.)
Field of activity	Geology Topography Antarctic--Discovery and exploration
Affiliation	University of Washington University of Montana--Missoula Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st : 1928-1930) Byrd Antarctic Expedition (2nd : 1933-1935) Queen Maud Range Geological Party United States. National Park Service United States. General Land Office United States. Bureau of Land Management
Profession or occupation	Geologists Surveyors Topographers
Found in	Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Map of the Bay of Whales, 1930: (From surveys of Blackburn and Coman, 1929-30.) Byrd, Richard Evelyn. Little America, aerial exploration in the Antarctic, 1930: page 413 (Quin A. Blackburn) Wikipedia, September 19, 2014: (Mount Blackburn (Antarctica); It was discovered by and named for Quin A. Blackburn, geologist, leader of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party which sledged the length of Scott Glacier in December 1934.) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Blackburn_%28Antarctica%29> Quin A. Blackburn Papers, 1918-1961: (geologist; born June 19, 1899, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota; B.A. in Geology from the University of Montana, 1923; topographer during the First Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930, and as geologist and leader of the Queen Maud Range Geological party during the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-1935; foreman of a survey crew, National Park Service, Washington, 1935-1937; until retirement in 1969 served successively as field examiner, appraiser and engineer with the Department of the Interior's General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management; Mount Blackburn, Antarctica, was named in his honor; died February 8, 1981; papers donated by his widow, Mrs. Jessie Blackburn) U.S. Antarctic Program WWW site, June 4, 2015: Antarctic Sun article: Roof over Antarctica, by Peter Rejcek, December 9, 2011 (personal heroes of Antarctic exploration are the three members of geologist Quin Blackburn's party that traversed to the head of Scott Glacier during Admiral Byrd's second expedition in the early 1930s; Quin Blackburn was a geologist, out there doing what geologists do, collecting samples, measuring sections, and as all the early parties did, surveying) <http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2549> New York Times via ProQuest.com, June 4, 2015: wedding announcement, Aug. 9, 1930, p. 11 (Q. A. Blackburn to marry ... topographer of Byrd Expedition to wed Miss Kathryn Walton; Quin A. Blackburn of Seattle, Washington, son of Thomas T. Blackburn of Brainnerd, Minnesota; he attended the University of Washington and the University of Montana; accompanied the Byrd Expedition as a topographer; in March 1929, during the expedition's Winter stay on the Ross Ice Barrier, he was caught in a snowstorm while driving in a dog team from the supply dump to the camp, and was lost for eight hours) OCLC, June 5, 2015 (hdgs.: Blackburn, Q. A.; Blackburn, Quin, A.)