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Definition of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
1. Noun. United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864).
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Literary usage of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pioneers of Science in America: Sketches of Their Lives and Scientific Work by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was born in Albany County, NY, March 28, 1793, and died
in Washington, DC, December 10, 1864. He was the descendant, ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1890)
"Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. From observations ami researches by JV Brower, Commissioner
in charge ... Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the subject of this brief sketch, ..."
3. The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856)
"... Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. [Born 1793.] MR. SCHOOLCRAFT ie of English descent by
the paternal side, his great-grand father having come from England during ..."