1. Clarence Edward Dutton was an American geologist and US Army officer.
11 Facts About Clarence Dutton
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Clarence Dutton graduated from Yale College in 1860 and took postgraduate courses there until 1862, when he enlisted in the 21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he fought at Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Nashville and Petersburg.
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Clarence Dutton was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1871.
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Clarence Dutton helped coordinate the scientific response to a large earthquake in the Mexican state of Sonora in 1887.
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Clarence Dutton was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1884.
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In 1886, Clarence Dutton led a USGS party to Crater Lake, Oregon.
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Clarence Dutton's team carried a half-ton survey boat, the Cleetwood, up the steep mountain slope and lowered it 2,000 feet into the lake.
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Clarence Dutton elaborated these ideas in his address to the Philosophical Society of Washington in 1889.
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When this was printed in 1892, the term isostasy was formally proposed, Clarence Dutton having, on the advice of Greek scholars, changed the 'c' to an 's'.
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Clarence Dutton had a distinctive flair for literary description, and is best remembered today for his colorful descriptions of the geology and scenery of the Grand Canyon region of Arizona.
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Clarence Dutton spent his last years at the home of his son in Englewood, New Jersey.