George Prince
Cabinet Card Portrait of Almon Harris Thompson, 2nd in Command of Powell's Second Geographical Expedition, c. 1877
Albumen print
6 1/2 x 4 inches
With photographer's credit mount recto and verso and inverted on print recto. Subject ID in ink and brief bio in pencil mount verso.
With photographer's credit mount recto and verso and inverted on print recto. Subject ID in ink and brief bio in pencil mount verso.
Often called “The Professor” or simply “Prof,” Almon Harris Thompson was an educator, topographer, geologist, explorer and Civil War Veteran. He was the second in command of John Wesley Powell’s...
Often called “The Professor” or simply “Prof,” Almon Harris Thompson was an educator, topographer, geologist, explorer and Civil War Veteran. He was the second in command of John Wesley Powell’s Second Expedition, a federally-funded endeavor to explore the Colorado and Green Rivers as well as to map southern Oregon and Northern Arizona. Through his work on the Powell expeditions and later as geographer at the US Geological Survey, he was responsible for naming many geographic locations in the west. Thompson is also known for his involvement in the formation of the National Geographic Society.