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John Wesley Powell

1834 - 1902

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John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell was appointed by US President James A. Garfield to serve as the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881–1894) and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. Two years prior to his service as director of the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wesley Powell has received more than 743,385 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Wesley Powell is the 343rd most popular explorer (down from 327th in 2019), the 5,730th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,472nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 32

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  • 2.44

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  • 4.43

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Wesley Powell ranks 343 out of 405. Before him are Khariton Laptev, Oscar Dickson, Georgy Sedov, Benjamin Morrell, John McDouall Stuart, and Pyotr Chikhachyov. After him are Edward Wilson, Juan de Fuca, Frank Wild, Clements Markham, Henri Duveyrier, and Ivan Moskvitin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, John Wesley Powell ranks 67. Before him are Lyuben Karavelov, Vilém Blodek, Hugo Schiff, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, and Todor Burmov. After him are Felix Dahn, Franz Steindachner, Edwin Klebs, Adrien René Franchet, Maurice Raynaud, and Louis Ruchonnet. Among people deceased in 1902, John Wesley Powell ranks 59. Before him are Gustave Trouvé, Antanas Baranauskas, Almon Brown Strowger, Frederick Abel, Hervé Faye, and Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are John Houlding, Gleb Uspensky, Richard Leach Maddox, Emil Holub, Aisha Taymur, and Frank Norris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Wesley Powell ranks 5,730 out of 18,182. Before him are Phyllis Diller (1917), Ken Jeong (1969), George Mason (1725), Bellamy Young (1970), Jack Irons (1962), and Virginia Dare (1587). After him are Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), Tom Wopat (1951), Florence Ballard (1943), Richard N. Frye (1920), Barbara Walters (1929), and Abraham Polonsky (1910).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, John Wesley Powell ranks 25. Before him are Meriwether Lewis (1774), John C. Frémont (1813), Charles Wilkes (1798), Charles Francis Hall (1821), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), and Benjamin Morrell (1795). After him are Louise Arner Boyd (1887), George Kennan (1845), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), John Colter (1774), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), and Elisha Kent Kane (1820).

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