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Henry Schoolcraft

1793 - 1864

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River. He is also noted for his major six-volume study of Native Americans commissioned by Congress and published in the 1850s. He served as United States Indian agent in Michigan for a period beginning in 1822. During this period, he named several newly organized counties, often creating neologisms that he claimed were derived from indigenous languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Henry Schoolcraft is the 84th most popular geographer, the 12,776th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,711th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 84 out of 86. Before him are Peter Schenk the Elder, Guillaume Grandidier, John Speed, Herman Moll, Anne Buttimer, and Thomas Griffith Taylor. After him are Alexander Keith Johnston.

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Among people born in 1793, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 57. Before him are José Ignacio de Márquez, John Clare, Henry Charles Carey, Thomas Doughty, Eliphalet Remington, and Felicia Hemans. After him are Edward Bates, and John Slidell. Among people deceased in 1864, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 74. Before him are John Clare, Robert Torrens, Benjamin Silliman, John Sedgwick, William Smith O'Brien, and Leonidas Polk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 12,785 out of 20,380. Before him are Joan Benoit (1957), Charles Bulfinch (1763), Jamie Chung (1983), Michelle Lujan Grisham (1959), Maria Ewing (1950), Allyson Felix (1985), Albert Hammond Jr. (1980), Jake Lloyd (1989), Jake Thomas (1990), Oscar Levant (1906), and Sydney McLaughlin (1999). After him are Joe Paterno (1926).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 7. Before him are William Morris Davis (1850), Marie Tharp (1920), Richard Hartshorne (1899), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), Ellen Churchill Semple (1863), and Carl O. Sauer (1889).

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