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	Clarence King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clarence King (January 6, 1842 – December 24, 1901) was an American geologist and climber, and the first director of the USGS, from 1879-1881.
		Clarence King was noted for his exploration of the Sierra Nevada.
		King had the first ascent of Mount Tyndall, at the time labelling it mistakenly as the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clarence_King (188 words)

	Clarence King Papers, American Philosophical Society
		The King Papers consists of a dozen letters written by King to his colleague and friend Samuel Franklin Emmons, 1873-1894, that are revealing of their personal friendship as well as of the politics of the early organization and management of the U.S. Geological Survey.
		King's efforts to marshall support for his own appointment to head the Survey in 1878 reveal a politically astute side to the man that is matched in interesting fashion by his letter of April 23, 1881, informing Emmons that he should not be offended by his resignation.
		King, Clarence, ALS to Samuel Franklin Emmons, Cheyenne, Wyo.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/k/king.htm (1238 words)

	SummitPost.org - Mount Clarence King Climbing Information
		Clarence King is a striking peak when viewed from all sides, particularly from the Woods Creek drainage and Sixty Lake Basin.
		Clarence was also well-known for his early attempts to be the first to climb Mt. Whitney, failing twice by climbing the wrong mountains.
		King (1842-1901) was connected with the State Geological Survey from 1863 to 1866 and later became the first chief of the USGS, 1879-81.
	www.summitpost.org /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/367 (1350 words)

	Clarence King: Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
		Clarence King (1842-1901) of Rhode Island was a Yale-educated geologist and mining engineer who rode horseback across the continent in 1863.
		Clarence King (1842 - 1901), Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (New York: C. Scribner’s sons, 1902).
		King climbed the wrong Peak, and his climb, of 1873, of the real Mt. Whitney.) Note that at the 1994 Yosemite Association reprinting of Mountaineering (and perhaps others) omits this additional material and doesn't even inform the reader that Mr.
	www.yosemite.ca.us /history/mountaineering_in_the_sierra_nevada (451 words)

	Newport Notables
		Commonly referred to as "Clare," a fifth generation Newporter- his father, James, was involved in the family commerce of King and Talbot during the "opium Wars."
		Long time King family residence, where he was born and spent much of his life no longer exists.
		Persuades our government into the most ambitious federal geological exploration survey ever done, the exploration of the 40th parallel, (the King survey), from 1867-1872.
	www.redwoodlibrary.org /notables/king.htm (404 words)

	Clarence King -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Before he became king he was the duke of Clarence.
		He grew up in the midst of the struggle between two great families, York and Lancaster, that is known as the Wars of the Roses.
		King Philip II was one of the most important figures in world history.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9045499?tocId=9045499 (663 words)

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