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'''Henry Gannett''' (August 24, 1846 – November 5, 1914) was an American geographer who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=November 7, 1914|title=Henry Gannett's Funeral Takes Place Tomorrow|pages=8|work=Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96387618/henry-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=November 6, 1814|title=Henry Gannett is Dead|pages=4|work=Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96387860/henry-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was the chief geographer for the U.S. Geological Survey essentially from its founding until 1902.<ref name=":1" />He was also a founding member and president of the National Geographic Society.<ref name=":0" />
'''Henry Gannett''' (August 24, 1846 – November 5, 1914) was an American [[geographer]] who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=November 7, 1914|title=Henry Gannett's Funeral Takes Place Tomorrow|pages=8|work=Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96387618/henry-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=November 6, 1814|title=Henry Gannett is Dead|pages=4|work=Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96387860/henry-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He was the chief geographer for the [[United States Geological Survey]] essentially from its founding until 1902.<ref name=":1" /> He was the geographer for the [[United States census|U.S. Census]] in 1880, 1890, and 1900.<ref name=":3" /> He was also a founding member and president of the [[National Geographic Society]].<ref name=":0" />


==Background==
==Background==
He was born in Bath, Maine, son of Hannah Trufant (nee Church) and Michael Farley Gannett.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Darton|first1=N.H.|title=Memoir of Henry Gannett|journal=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|date=January 1917|volume=7|pages=68–70|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000053670869?urlappend=%3Bseq=74|access-date=December 15, 2014|doi=10.1080/00045601709357056|hdl=2027/inu.30000053670869?urlappend=%3Bseq=74}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Johnson|first=Rossiter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1IDAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=henry+gannett&hl=en|title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...|last2=Brown|first2=John Howard|date=1904|publisher=Biographical Soceity|pages=70|language=en|chapter=Henry Gannett}}</ref> He graduated with a B.S. at [[Harvard University]] in 1869 and received a M.E. at the Hooper Mining School (aka the [[Harvard University School of Mining and Practical Geology]]) in 1870.<ref name=":3" />
Gannett was born in [[Bath, Maine|Bath, Maine,]] son of Hannah Trufant (nee Church) and Michael Farley Gannett.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Darton|first1=N.H.|title=Memoir of Henry Gannett|journal=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|date=January 1917|volume=7|pages=68–70|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000053670869?urlappend=%3Bseq=74|access-date=December 15, 2014|doi=10.1080/00045601709357056|hdl=2027/inu.30000053670869?urlappend=%3Bseq=74}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Johnson|first=Rossiter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1IDAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=henry+gannett&hl=en|title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...|last2=Brown|first2=John Howard|date=1904|publisher=Biographical Soceity|pages=70|language=en|chapter=Henry Gannett}}</ref> He attended local schools, before going to Harvard for college.<ref name=":2" /> He graduated with a B.S. at from the Lawrence Scientific School of [[Harvard University]] in 1869 and received a M.E. at the Hooper Mining School (aka the [[Harvard University School of Mining and Practical Geology]]) in 1870.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />


From 1870 to 1871, he was an assistant at the [[Harvard College Observatory]].<ref name=":3" />In 1871 he was offered positions with two expeditions: [[Charles Francis Hall]] on what would become the ill-fated [[Polaris Expedition]] or going with Dr. [[Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden]] to survey [[Yellowstone National Park]]. He chose the Hayden Survey and served as a topographer with western territories surveys from 1872 through 1879.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" />
From 1870 to 1871, he was an assistant at the [[Harvard College Observatory]].<ref name=":3" /> In 1871, he went to [[Spain]] to observe a [[solar eclipse]].<ref name=":2" />
In 1871 he was offered positions with two expeditions: [[Charles Francis Hall]]'s ill-fated [[Polaris Expedition]] or going with Dr. [[Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden]]'s survey of [[Yellowstone National Park]].He chose the Hayden Survey and served as a [[Topography|topographer]] for the western territories surveys from 1872 through 1879.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />


On July 26, 1872, while climbing the then unnamed highest mountain in the [[Gallatin Mountains]], he and his party experienced electric shocks following a [[lightning]] event near the summit. He was to name the mountain [[Electric Peak]].
On July 26, 1872, while climbing the then unnamed highest mountain in the [[Gallatin Mountains]], he and his party experienced electric shocks following a [[lightning]] event near the summit. He was to name the mountain [[Electric Peak]].
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In 1882, he was appointed Chief Topographer, then Chief Geographer, for the United States Geological Society (USGS) by [[John Wesley Powell]] and would hold the position until 1896.<ref name=":3" /> Around 1884, he persuaded various organizations doing the surveys including the railroads to begin using similar [[datum (geodesy)|datums]] so the data could interconnect.
In 1882, he was appointed Chief Topographer, then Chief Geographer, for the United States Geological Society (USGS) by [[John Wesley Powell]] and would hold the position until 1896.<ref name=":3" /> Around 1884, he persuaded various organizations doing the surveys including the railroads to begin using similar [[datum (geodesy)|datums]] so the data could interconnect.


As Chief Geographer, he oversaw work on the topographical atlas of the United States.<ref name=":3" /> He also served at geographer for the 11th Census in 1890 and the 12th Census in 1900.<ref name=":3" />.<ref name=":1" />[[File:A notable gathering on the steps of Hubbard Hall, 1909.jpg|thumb|A notable gathering on the steps of Hubbard Hall, 1909]]
As Chief Geographer, he oversaw work on the topographical atlas of the United States.<ref name=":3" /> He also served at geographer for the 11th Census in 1890 and the 12th Census in 1900.Memoir of Henry Gannett<ref name=":1" />[[File:A notable gathering on the steps of Hubbard Hall, 1909.jpg|thumb|A notable gathering on the steps of Hubbard Hall, 1909]]
In 1890, he and [[Thomas Corwin Mendenhall]] of the [[U.S. National Geodetic Survey]] campaigned to establish the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] to create official names for locations in the United States.<ref name=":1" /> He was subsequently named to the newly created [[United States Board on Geographic Names|Board on Geographic Names]] by [[Benjamin Harrison|President Benjamin Harrison]] in [[wikisource:Executive_Order_28|Executive Order No. 28]]. In 1896, his last year with the USGS, he started the use of the [[Benchmark (surveying)|benchmark]].
In 1890, he and [[Thomas Corwin Mendenhall]] of the [[U.S. National Geodetic Survey]] campaigned to establish the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] to create official names for locations in the United States.<ref name=":1" /> He was subsequently named to the newly created [[United States Board on Geographic Names|Board on Geographic Names]] by [[Benjamin Harrison|President Benjamin Harrison]] in [[wikisource:Executive_Order_28|Executive Order No. 28]]. In 1896, his last year with the USGS, he started the use of the [[Benchmark (surveying)|benchmark]].


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=== Publications ===
=== Publications ===
Gannett's published works are geographical and statistical.<ref name=":3" /> He was also a contributor to [[Encyclopædia Britannica|''Encyclopedia Britannica'']] and [[The New International Encyclopedia]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=November 16, 1914|title=Great Geographer of Country is Dead pt 2|pages=16|work=Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96389386/william-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He issued a gazetteer for eleven states.<ref name=":5" />
Gannett's published works are geographical and statistical.<ref name=":3" /> Although he did not public many works in [[geomorphology]] and physical geology, he offered valuable suggestions.<ref name=":2" /> For example, he recognized hanging valleys and their importance to interpreting a geological setting.<ref name=":2" />
He was also a contributor to Baedecker's Guide to the United States, [[Encyclopædia Britannica|''Encyclopedia Britannica'']], [[The New International Encyclopedia|and The New International Encyclopedia]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=November 16, 1914|title=Great Geographer of Country is Dead pt 2|pages=16|work=Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96389386/william-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He issued a gazetteer for eleven states.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" />


* ''The West'' with R. P. Porter and W. A. Jones (1882)<ref name=":3" />
* ''The West'' with R. P. Porter and W. A. Jones (1882)<ref name=":3" />
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* ''[https://www.loc.gov/item/a40001834/ Scribner's Statistical Atlas]'' with F.W. Hewes (1883).<ref name=":3" />
* ''[https://www.loc.gov/item/a40001834/ Scribner's Statistical Atlas]'' with F.W. Hewes (1883).<ref name=":3" />
* [[doi:10.3133/b76|"Dictionary of Altitudes.]]" ''Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey'', No. 70 (1884)
* [[doi:10.3133/b76|"Dictionary of Altitudes.]]" ''Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey'', No. 70 (1884)
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* [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t00z7j64b?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Boundaries of the United States and of the Several States and Territories, with a Historical Sketch of the Territorial Changes''] (1885) first attempt to standardize the history of U.S. boundaries
* ''[https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/m22 A Manual of Topographic Methods]'' (1893) the basis for standardizing survey and mapping processes.
* ''[https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/m22 A Manual of Topographic Methods]'' (1893) the basis for standardizing survey and mapping processes.
* [[iarchive:buildingofnation00gannrich|''The Building of a Nation'']] (1893)<ref name=":3" />
* [[iarchive:buildingofnation00gannrich|''The Building of a Nation'']] (1893)<ref name=":3" />
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* ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Manual_of_Topographic_Methods/tg1sYkDdEQUC?hl=en A Manual of Topographic Surveying]'' (1895)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Manual_of_Topographic_Methods/tg1sYkDdEQUC?hl=en A Manual of Topographic Surveying]'' (1895)<ref name=":3" />


* ''Commercial Geography'' with Garrison and Houston(1895)<ref name=":2" />
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* [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t00z7j64b?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Boundaries of the United States and of the Several States and Territories, with a Historical Sketch of the Territorial Changes''] (1885) first attempt to standardize the history of U.S. boundaries
* ''[https://books.google.mg/books/about/The_United_States.html?id=a5YBtAEACAAJ&hl=mg&output=html_text The United States]'' (1898)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[https://books.google.mg/books/about/The_United_States.html?id=a5YBtAEACAAJ&hl=mg&output=html_text The United States]'' (1898)<ref name=":3" />
* [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b160 ''Dictionary of Altitudes''] ''in the United States'', 3rd edition (1899)<ref name=":3" />
* [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b160 ''Dictionary of Altitudes''] ''in the United States'', 3rd edition (1899)<ref name=":3" />
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== Professional affiliations ==
== Professional affiliations ==
In 1888 Gannett was one of founding members of the [[National Geographic Society]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Census.gov › History › Agency History › Notable Alumni › Henry Gannett|url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/notable_alumni/henry_gannett.html|access-date=December 15, 2014|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He served as its first secretary, and later as treasurer, then vice-president, and president, in 1909.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /> From 1897 to 1909, he was a vice president of the [[American Statistical Association]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=North|first1=S.D.N.|title=Henry Gannett, President of the National Geographic Society, 1910-1914|date=1915|publisher=National Geographic Society|location=Washington, D.C.|hdl=2027/mdp.39015039793479}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> In 1904 he was among the founders of the [[American Association of Geographers]]. He was also a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Royal Scottish Geographic Society, the Philadelphia Geographic Society, and a founder or charter member of the [[Cosmos Club]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100016302?urlappend=%3Bseq=5|title=List of members, officers, and committees, corrected to March 16, 1914.|date=1916|publisher=Washington Academy of Sciences|location=Washington, D.C.)|page=5|hdl=2027/wu.89100016302?urlappend=%3Bseq=5}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 8, 1914|title=Funeral for Henry Gannett|pages=8|work=The Washington Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96388498/henry-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=November 6, 1914|title=Funeral on Sunday for Henry Gannett|pages=6|work=The Washington Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96389722/obituary-for-b-pierce/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
In 1888 Gannett was one of founding members of the [[National Geographic Society]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Census.gov › History › Agency History › Notable Alumni › Henry Gannett|url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/notable_alumni/henry_gannett.html|access-date=December 15, 2014|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He served as its first secretary, and later as treasurer, then vice-president, and president, in 1909.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /> He was also Chair of the Society's Research Committee, organizing expeditions to [[Alaska]], [[La Soufrière (volcano)|La Soufriere]], [[Mount Pelée|Mount Pelee]], [[Peru]], and the [[Polar seas|Polar Seas]].<ref name=":2" />
From 1897 to 1909, he was a vice president of the [[American Statistical Association]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=North|first1=S.D.N.|title=Henry Gannett, President of the National Geographic Society, 1910-1914|date=1915|publisher=National Geographic Society|location=Washington, D.C.|hdl=2027/mdp.39015039793479}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> In 1904 he was among the founders of the [[American Association of Geographers]].<ref name=":2" /> Also in 1904, he was secretary of the 8th Geographic Congress.<ref name=":2" />He was also a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Royal Geographic Society of London, the Royal Scottish Geographic Society, the Philadelphia Geographic Society, and a charter member of the [[Cosmos Club]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100016302?urlappend=%3Bseq=5|title=List of members, officers, and committees, corrected to March 16, 1914.|date=1916|publisher=Washington Academy of Sciences|location=Washington, D.C.)|page=5|hdl=2027/wu.89100016302?urlappend=%3Bseq=5}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 8, 1914|title=Funeral for Henry Gannett|pages=8|work=The Washington Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96388498/henry-gannett-obituary/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=November 6, 1914|title=Funeral on Sunday for Henry Gannett|pages=6|work=The Washington Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96389722/obituary-for-b-pierce/|access-date=February 25, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":2" />


== Honors ==
== Honors ==
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== Personal ==
== Personal ==
He married Mary E. Chase on November 24, 1874.<ref name=":2" /> They had a son, Farley Gannett who was an engineer for the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> Their daughters were May Gannett (Mrs. G. T. Backus) and Alice Gannett.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />
He married Mary E. Chase of [[Waterville, Maine]] on November 24, 1874.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":2" /> They had a son, Farley Gannett who was an engineer for the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> Their daughters were May Gannett (Mrs. G. T. Backus) and Alice Gannett.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />

He died at his home in 1840 Biltmore Street, Washington, D.C. on November 5, 1914, after being ill for about a year with Bright's Disease.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> HIs funeral service was given by Rev. U. G. B. Pierce of All Soul's Unitarian Church.<ref name=":6" />


The day of his funeral, the National Geographic closed and draped the building in mourning.<ref name=":1" />
He died at his home in 1840 Biltmore Street, Washington, D.C. on November 5, 1914, after being ill for about a year with Bright's Disease.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> HIs funeral service was given by Rev. U. G. B. Pierce of All Soul's Unitarian Church.<ref name=":6" /> The day of his funeral, the National Geographic closed and draped the building in mourning.<ref name=":1" />


==References==
==References==

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Henry Gannett
LL.D
Henry Gannett
Born(1846-08-24)August 24, 1846
Bath, Maine
DiedNovember 5, 1914(1914-11-05) (aged 68)
Washington, District of Columbia
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Harvard University School of Mining and Practical Geology
Occupation(s)Geographer
Topographer
EmployerUnited States Geological Survey
Organization(s)National Geographic Society
Cosmos Club
American Statistical Association
American Association of Geographers
Washington Academy of Sciences
Known forFather of Mapmaking in America

Henry Gannett (August 24, 1846 – November 5, 1914) was an American geographer who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America."[1][2][3] He was the chief geographer for the United States Geological Survey essentially from its founding until 1902.[2] He was the geographer for the U.S. Census in 1880, 1890, and 1900.[4] He was also a founding member and president of the National Geographic Society.[1]

Background

Gannett was born in Bath, Maine, son of Hannah Trufant (nee Church) and Michael Farley Gannett.[3][4] He attended local schools, before going to Harvard for college.[3] He graduated with a B.S. at from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University in 1869 and received a M.E. at the Hooper Mining School (aka the Harvard University School of Mining and Practical Geology) in 1870.[4][3]

From 1870 to 1871, he was an assistant at the Harvard College Observatory.[4] In 1871, he went to Spain to observe a solar eclipse.[3]

In 1871 he was offered positions with two expeditions: Charles Francis Hall's ill-fated Polaris Expedition or going with Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden's survey of Yellowstone National Park.He chose the Hayden Survey and served as a topographer for the western territories surveys from 1872 through 1879.[4][2][3]

On July 26, 1872, while climbing the then unnamed highest mountain in the Gallatin Mountains, he and his party experienced electric shocks following a lightning event near the summit. He was to name the mountain Electric Peak.

Career

In 1879 he was among those lobbying for centralizing the mapping functions into one government agency. Previously individual mapmakers and agencies had to compete for money from Congress for funds for projects. He lobbied to call the new organization "United States Geological and Geographical Survey" although the name United States Geological Survey would officially be approved. He also assisted in planning the work of the USGS.[2]

His first job in the new organization under its first director Clarence King was geographer of the 10th United States Census, 1880 through 1882[5][4] He laid out 2,000 enumeration districts with such precision that for the first time each census enumerator knew in advance the metes and bounds of his particular district. The completion of this work on July 1, 1882 is considered the start of true topographical work in the United States and the birth of the quad.

In 1882, he was appointed Chief Topographer, then Chief Geographer, for the United States Geological Society (USGS) by John Wesley Powell and would hold the position until 1896.[4] Around 1884, he persuaded various organizations doing the surveys including the railroads to begin using similar datums so the data could interconnect.

As Chief Geographer, he oversaw work on the topographical atlas of the United States.[4] He also served at geographer for the 11th Census in 1890 and the 12th Census in 1900.Memoir of Henry Gannett[2]

A notable gathering on the steps of Hubbard Hall, 1909

In 1890, he and Thomas Corwin Mendenhall of the U.S. National Geodetic Survey campaigned to establish the United States Board on Geographic Names to create official names for locations in the United States.[2] He was subsequently named to the newly created Board on Geographic Names by President Benjamin Harrison in Executive Order No. 28. In 1896, his last year with the USGS, he started the use of the benchmark.

In 1899, he was invited with other elite scientists on the Harriman Alaska Expedition. In 1902, he was appointed the assistant director of the Census of the Philippines.[2] He was also the assistant director of Cuban Census in 1907.[6][2]

In 1909 he was named chairman of a special committee to examine and verify the records of Robert E. Peary in the controversy with Frederick Cook over who was the first to reach the North Pole.

Publications

Gannett's published works are geographical and statistical.[4] Although he did not public many works in geomorphology and physical geology, he offered valuable suggestions.[3] For example, he recognized hanging valleys and their importance to interpreting a geological setting.[3]

He was also a contributor to Baedecker's Guide to the United States, Encyclopedia Britannica, and The New International Encyclopedia.[7] He issued a gazetteer for eleven states.[7][3]

  • The West with R. P. Porter and W. A. Jones (1882)[4]

Professional affiliations

In 1888 Gannett was one of founding members of the National Geographic Society.[8][2] He served as its first secretary, and later as treasurer, then vice-president, and president, in 1909.[6][2] He was also Chair of the Society's Research Committee, organizing expeditions to Alaska, La Soufriere, Mount Pelee, Peru, and the Polar Seas.[3]

From 1897 to 1909, he was a vice president of the American Statistical Association.[9][6] In 1904 he was among the founders of the American Association of Geographers.[3] Also in 1904, he was secretary of the 8th Geographic Congress.[3]He was also a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Royal Geographic Society of London, the Royal Scottish Geographic Society, the Philadelphia Geographic Society, and a charter member of the Cosmos Club.[10][2][11][7][12][3]

Honors

Gannett received an honorary LL.D from Bowdoin College in 1889.[4][12]

Gannett Peak, the highest peak in Wyoming, was named for him in 1906.[13] In 1911, Lawrence Martin named Mount Gannett, a 10,000-foot peak in the Chugach Mountains of eastern Alaska, for Henry Gannett.[14]

Personal

He married Mary E. Chase of Waterville, Maine on November 24, 1874.[3][3] They had a son, Farley Gannett who was an engineer for the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.[2][7] Their daughters were May Gannett (Mrs. G. T. Backus) and Alice Gannett.[7][12]

He died at his home in 1840 Biltmore Street, Washington, D.C. on November 5, 1914, after being ill for about a year with Bright's Disease.[1][2][7][12] HIs funeral service was given by Rev. U. G. B. Pierce of All Soul's Unitarian Church.[12] The day of his funeral, the National Geographic closed and draped the building in mourning.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Henry Gannett's Funeral Takes Place Tomorrow". Evening Star (Washington, D.C.). November 7, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved February 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Henry Gannett is Dead". Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA). November 6, 1814. p. 4. Retrieved February 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Darton, N.H. (January 1917). "Memoir of Henry Gannett". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 7: 68–70. doi:10.1080/00045601709357056. hdl:2027/inu.30000053670869. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (1904). "Henry Gannett". The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... Biographical Soceity. p. 70.
  5. ^ Penry, Jerry (October 27, 2007). "The Father of Government Mapmaking: Henry Gannett". The American Surveyor. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e Colby, Frank Moore; Williams, Talcott (1917). "Henry Gannett". The New International Encyclopædia. Dodd, Mead.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Great Geographer of Country is Dead pt 2". Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA). November 16, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved February 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Census.gov › History › Agency History › Notable Alumni › Henry Gannett". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  9. ^ North, S.D.N. (1915). Henry Gannett, President of the National Geographic Society, 1910-1914. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. hdl:2027/mdp.39015039793479.
  10. ^ List of members, officers, and committees, corrected to March 16, 1914. Washington, D.C.): Washington Academy of Sciences. 1916. p. 5. hdl:2027/wu.89100016302.
  11. ^ "Funeral for Henry Gannett". The Washington Times. November 8, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved February 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Funeral on Sunday for Henry Gannett". The Washington Times. November 6, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved February 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Gannett Peak". Britannica. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  14. ^ "Mount Gannett". Alaska Guide. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

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