| LC control no. | no 98092760 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1818-1881 |
| Variant(s) | Beckwith, Edward Griffin, 1818-1881 |
| Birth date | 1818-06-25 |
| Death date | 1881-06-22 |
| Place of birth | Cazenovia (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Clifton (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States Military Academy |
| Profession or occupation | United States--Army--Officers Explorers |
| Found in | Explorations and surveys for a rail road route ... 1855: map recto (E.G. Beckwith) LC in OCLC, 6/15/98 (hdg.: Beckwith, Edward Griffin, 1818-1881; usage: E.G. Beckwith) OCLC database, 6/15/98 (hdgs.: Beckwith, E. G., 1818-1881, Beckwith, Edward Griffin, 1818-1881, Beckwith, Edward Griffin, Beckwith, Edward Griffin, 1826-1909, Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1826-1909 and Beckwith, Edward Griffith, 1838-1881; usage: E.G. Beckwith) Who was who in world exploration, 1992: p. 52 (Beckwith, Edward Griffin, 1818-1881, E.G. Beckwith; graduated West Point, 1842; as Lieut., later Capt., in Army Corps of Topographical Engineers participated in 1850s Pacific railroad surveys of 38th and 41st parallels) Wikipedia, September 28, 2020 (Edward Griffin Beckwith was born in Cazenovia, New York, on June 25, 1818. He graduated from West Point in 1842. He was a United States Army officer who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and who conducted one of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in the 1850s and became known as the "Explorer of the Central Rockies." He died at Clifton, New York, on June 22, 1881, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.) |
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