[DOC] [TLE] Josiah Whitney - Wikipedia [PAR] Josiah Dwight Whitney (November 23, 1819  August 15, 1896) was an 
American geologist, ... After graduation in 1839, he continued to study chemistry 
in Philadelphia, and in ... completed it in 1850 and the final report was published 
under their names. ... In 1860, he was appointed the state geologist for California 
and was... [DOC] [TLE] Josiah Dwight Whitney facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] geology. Whitney was the oldest of the eight children of Josiah Dwight ... year in 
which the California geological survey was suspended after the state ... Mt. 
Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, is named in his honor. [DOC] [TLE] Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896) - Yosemite Tales [PAR] Jul 2, 2015 ... ... Josiah Dwight Whitney was the California State Geologist charged ... the 
Whitney Glaicier at Mount Shasta were named after him (admittedly,... [DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #4930, aired 2006-02-03 [PAR] Mount Whitney is named for Josiah Dwight Whitney, once the state ... has 
ventured to the top of Eagle Mountain, the highest point in this state... [DOC] [TLE] Archive:Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896) - WRG [PAR] Nov 24, 2015 ... Archives > Archive:Biographies > Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896). 
JosiahDwightWhitney.gif. Prof. J.D. Whitney, State Geologist of California - 1863. 
... highest peak in the continental United States, which was later named after him. 
Mount Whitney, the highest peak (4,418 m/14,494 ft) in the conterminous... [DOC] [TLE] Exploration of the Sierra Nevada, "The Whitney Survey and ... [PAR] Professor Josiah Dwight Whitney of Harvard University received the ... to impress 
upon the legislature and the people of the State the importance of palaeontology 
and ... as the highest of the Sierra and named in honor of their chief, Mount 
Whitney. ... Once over the divide, King and Cotter made rapid progress toward 
Mount... [DOC] [TLE] American National Biography Online: Whitney, Josiah Dwight [PAR] William Dwight Whitney, Sanskrit scholar and linguist, was a brother, with ... After 
attending the Round Hill School at Northampton and Phillips Academy ... of Iowa, 
although his chief assignment was with the state geological survey. ... Mount 
Whitney, the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, was named for 
him. [DOC] [TLE] Whitney [PAR] "Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-96), state geologist and chief of the California 
State ... 'On setting the level, it was seen at once that there were two peaks 
equally high in ... The other, which we called Mount Whitney, appeared equally 
inaccessible ... The name 'Whitney Creek' was at first applied to what is now 
named 'Golden... [DOC] [TLE] CGS History California Geological Survey - State Geologists [PAR] The mineral Traskite was named in his honor as the first state geologist. Josiah 
Dwight Whitney ... Whitney lead an expedition in 1864 to discover a peak, Mt. 
Whitney, later named in his honor. ... to the State Mineralogist Jenkins when he 
retired and was temporarily appointed as Chief of the Division of Mines for one 
year. [DOC] [TLE] Mount Whitney | mountain, California, United States | Britannica.com [PAR] It was named for the geologist Josiah Dwight Whitney, and it was first climbed in 
... North America, running along the eastern edge of the U.S. state of California. [DOC] [TLE] High Sierra Centennial  John Hoyte [PAR] Later I learned that Professor Josiah Dwight Whitney had been asked to make a 
complete land survey of the great State of California. Mount Whitney, the highest 
peak in the contiguous United States, is named after him. The team must have 
been great mountaineers as well as geologists for they were the first known... [DOC] [TLE] JOSIAH DWIGHT WHITNEY CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [PAR] NUMBER 155. JOSIAH DWIGHT WHITNEY .... southeast, they named Mount 
Whitney after their beleagered ... September Governor Low and the state legis-. [DOC] [TLE] Whitney | The Grumpy Geophysicist [PAR] Apr 1, 2016 ... Long ago, the geological survey party of the state of California clambered up

Question: Mount Whitney is named for Josiah Dwight Whitney, once the state geologist of this state
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