George William Featherstonhaugh
The First U.S. Government Geologist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11675667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie R Newell (corresponding author), Edmund Berkeley, Dorothy Smith Berkeley |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263-263 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Early Republic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-1275 • E-ISSN: 1553-0620 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3123223 |
| OpenAlex | W2018744001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
U.S. historians can read this book with considerable profit for the details it offers; general readers can enjoy it as a straightforward and informative biography. Choice For anyone interested in the history of American geology, knowledge of G. W. Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) is both essential and hard to obtain. He was the force behind the first railroad in America; a pioneer in scientific agriculture; an essayist, poet, and novelist; a lobbyist; a linguist; and a daring diplomat who saved the king and queen of France from certain death. [Yet] his strongest tie was with the geology. [This] biography is interesting, well researched and well written. It is a balanced study of a complex man who did so much work and generated such controversy. Earth Sciences History
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Geologist · George (robot · Government (linguistics · Political science · History · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2019 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |