A. D. Wilson
Allen David "A.D." Wilson (September 17, 1844 โ February 21, 1920)cartographer.
Biography
He was born in
U.S. Geological Survey. Clarence King
named Wilson the chief topographer of the USGS.
Wilson resigned from the USGS on September 30, 1881, in order to become chief topographer for the
Tenth Census, including at least one of Wilson's maps.[3]
During the 1890s, Wilson relocated to Oakland, California, where he and other civic leaders organized the Athenian Bank (later renamed the Security Bank and Trust of Oakland). In 1918, the bank was absorbed by the Bank of Italy and soon thereafter became the Bank of America. He died of influenza on February 21, 1920, in Oakland, California.[4]
Awards and honors
- Hayden Survey. He was in the first ascent party, which climbed the peak on September 13, 1874, via the south ridge (a difficult route, not often climbed today).[5]
- Hayden Survey.[6]
- Wilson Glacier (Mount Rainier) - a medium-sized tributary glacier located on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington state.
Publications
- "Report on the Primary Triangulation of Colorado" in Hayden's Tenth Annual Report, (1878), pages 275โ309.
- Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Adjacent Territory, 1877
- Leadville special map (Lake County) Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey(1910)
- Colorado, Tenmile District. U.S. Geological Survey(1897)(reprinted 1945)
References
- ^ Foster, Mike. "Mapping Mountains: A. D. Wilson, Nineteenth- Century Colorado Cartographer", Colorado Heritage, no. 4, pages 22-33, 1988
- ^ Goetzmann, William H. (2000). Exploration and Empire. Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ Foster, page 32
- ^ Foster, page 33
- ISBN 0-87108-850-9, pp. 231โ239.
- ^ http://www.toppeak.com/index.asp?addItem=true&intProductId=84[permanent dead link] accessed January 28, 2009
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