T g mcgee biography of william
T g mcgee biography of william
T g mcgee biography of william murphy.
William John McGee
Inventor, geologist, anthropologist and ethnologist (1853–1912)
William John McGee, LL.D. (April 17, 1853 – September 4, 1912) was an American inventor, geologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist, born in Farley, Iowa.[1] He always referred to himself as J W McGee, without period.
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Biography
While largely self-taught, McGee attended a rural one-room schoolhouse north of Farley during the four winter months from about 1858 to 1867.[3] He devoted his early years to reading law and to surveying.[4] He invented and patented several improvements on agricultural implements.[4]
He subsequently turned his attention to geology.[4] In 1877–1881, he executed a topographic and geological survey of 17,000 square miles (44,030 km2) in northeastern Iowa.[5][6][7] He then undertook an examination of the loess of the Mississippi Valley, researched the great Quaternary lak