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On Sep 20, 2019, tommy wrote: I wasn't aware of that. Nope: not Channing Pollock. |
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6. Has at least four mountain peaks named after him.
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Wilson?
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On Sep 20, 2019, Cliffg37 wrote: If you mean Woodrow Wilson, I suspect that he wasn't born in Scotland. Call it a hunch. |
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On Sep 20, 2019, S2000magician wrote: Actually I am thinking there was a famous Scott called William Wilson, but I don't know for sure if he was in the right time period. Mt. Wilson of course is famous and well known.
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On Sep 20, 2019, Cliffg37 wrote: There are lots of William Wilsons; I'm not sure of which one you're thinking. Also, it's Scot, not Scott. Quote:
On Sep 20, 2019, Cliffg37 wrote: But named for Benjamin Davis Wilson, second elected mayor of Los Angeles, who was born in Tennessee. |
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Well, if nothing else, I am getting a history lesson from this. I never knew who Mt. Wilson was named for.
Magic is like Science,
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Hillary? (mountaineer not Clinton)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - he might know.
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On Sep 20, 2019, Cliffg37 wrote: Neither did I. I (wrongly, as it turns out) assumed that it was named for Woodrow Wilson. |
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On Sep 20, 2019, Mr Salk wrote: Neither. |
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On Sep 20, 2019, tommy wrote: Alas, Houdini's not here to ask his spirit. |
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7. Argued with Josiah Whitney about the formation of Yosemite Valley, saying that it was formed by glaciers, not (as Whitney contended) by earthquakes.
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On Sep 20, 2019, S2000magician wrote: Irving Mount?
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On Sep 20, 2019, landmark wrote: Neither Irving nor his brother Tanta (commonly known by his title, Sir), nor his sister, Dis. |
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8. Co-founded the Sierra Club.
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1782 Posts
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This is a tough one!
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9. Has at least four hiking trails named after him: one each in California, Tennessee, Connecticut, and Wisconsin.
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John Muir?
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Amsel Adams.
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