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George William Featherstonhaugh.
British-American geologist and geographer (1780-1866)
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About George William Featherstonhaugh
George William Featherstonhaugh was a British-American geologist and geographer. He was one of the proposers of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad and was the first geologist to the US government. He surveyed portions of the Louisiana Purchase for the US government.
Everything about George William Featherstonhaugh →- Occupation
- explorer, geologist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- April 9, 1780
- Died
- September 28, 1866