Clarence King

Clarence King (1842-1901) was an American geologist

• With William Brewer and Josiah Whitney, member of the California Geological Survey.
• First director of the USGS (1879-1881)
• First ascent of Mount Tyndall, mistakenly thinking it was the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada.

Reference

Clarence King: A Biography by Thurman Wilkins, Caroline Lawson Hinkley, University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 0826310850