Clarence King — Geologist * 



CLARENCE KING was born at 

 Newport, Rhode Island, on 

 the 6th day of January, 1842. He 

 was the only son of James Rivers 

 and Florence Little King. His an- 

 cestors were among the early settlers 

 of New England, and all, as far 

 as known, of English extraction. 

 Among them were an unusual num- 

 ber of cultivated men, graduates 

 of colleges, or distinguished in the 

 learned professions, in whom can be 

 found traces of the many and varied 

 accomplishments in science, litera- 

 ture and the arts that were so 

 happily combined in their brilliant 

 descendant. 



*A partial reprint of an article published in 

 the American Journal of Science, March, 1902. 



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