Clarence King — Geologist 



After his retirement from govern- 

 ment service, he came much less fre- 

 quently into personal contact with 

 scientific men, for he had little sym- 

 pathy with that phase of scientific 

 activity which is represented by acad- 

 emies and societies. 



He had been elected a fellow of 

 the Geological Society of London in 

 1874, and of the National Academy 

 of Sciences in 1876. He was, also, 

 a life member of the American Insti- 

 tute of Mining Engineers, but he 

 rarely attended the meetings of any 

 of these associations and never con- 

 tributed to their proceedings. He 

 found his recreation from business 

 occupations rather in social inter- 

 course with his many friends and 

 admirers in the literary and artistic 

 world, yet he was not forgetful of his 

 chosen profession, and through all 

 the varied occupations of an intensely 

 busy life he still continued his inves- 

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