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Joseph LeConte 1823-1901 — LeConte, Joseph

LeConte, Joseph

February 26, 1823–July 6, 1901

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Joseph LeConte, carte-de-visite

Joseph LeConte was a professor of chemistry and geology at South Carolina College from 1857 to 1869.

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Title LeConte, Joseph
Coverage February 26, 1823–July 6, 1901
Author Lester D. Stephens
Keywords Geologist, educator, established a medical practice in Macon, Georgia, serving in the Nitre and Mining Bureau, ardent support of the Confederacy, Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision, Elements of Geology and Evolution and Its Relation to Religious Thought, founding member of the Sierra Club,
Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
URL https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/leconte-joseph/view/images
Access Date December 22, 2024
Original Published Date June 8, 2016
Date of Last Update August 9, 2022

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Industry and the Gilded Age (1878-1889)
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