biography
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Matthes, François (Emile)
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| lived:
| (1874–1948)
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| biography:
| Geographer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He went to the USA in 1891, studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and worked with the US Geological Survey (1896–1947). An authority on glaciers and glaciation, he is most highly regarded for his superbly drawn topographic maps, especially of the mountainous area that became Glacier National Park, the upper Grand Canyon, and the Yosemite Valley. As chairman of the committee on glaciers of the American Geophysical Union (1932–46), he developed an international programme to study glaciers. |
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