NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS 



PART OF VOLUME VIII 



BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR 



OF 



JOHN WESLEY POWELL 

 1834-1902 



BY 



W. M. DAVIS 



PRESENTED TO THE ACADEMY AT THE AUTUMN MEETING, 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



February, 1915 



