Great geographers: John Wesley Powell. From: Focus on Geography | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 American Geographical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a towering figure in the early days of American geography, geology, and anthropology. Within those disciplines, he is best known for his contributions to exploration, geomorphology, and ethnography, along with natural resource use and land use planning. He was born in Mount Morris, New York, to English immigrant parents. His family was staunchly religious, and he was named for John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. They soon moved to southern Ohio, where he spent much of his early childhood. There, an amateur naturalist befriended young Powell ...

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