Talk:Clarence King

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Mahna Mahna Muppet in topic Early Career

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I've been told by someone who would have been in a position to have heard it second or third hand that chicken à la king is named for Clarence King... can anyone confirm or dispute this? Ethan 21:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)Reply

Apparently not: [1] -- hike395 05:06, 7 March 2006 (UTC)Reply


Need to add information on the rest of King career especially on the number of business ventures. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wysoka60 (talkcontribs) 07:14, November 3, 2006 (UTC)


There is a great book recently written by Robert Wilson called "The Explorer King" published by Scribner. I believe it can be found on Amazon.com. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.33.119.12 (talkcontribs) 12:03, November 3, 2006 (UTC)

I'm holding a copy of it right now. I'll be contributing within a few weeks. --Artevelde 13:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Reply


Review comments edit

Some suggestions for improvement as the article is expanded:

  • Template:Infobox Scientist should be added
  • Lead needs expanding to cover all aspects of the subject's life and research
  • Article should be divided into appropriate subheadings
  • Information on work should be expanded
  • References should be expanded and preferably converted to inline format
  • External links present which could be used to expand article

Espresso Addict 01:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

second first name edit

According to the NYT book review (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/books/05masl.html?th&emc=th) of the recent book on King, his passing name was Clarence Todd. Is this in error, or is the Wik text in error? Or did use two "first" nmaes when he passed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.225.34.135 (talk) 02:36, 6 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Clarence Todd was an alias: according to "Passing Strange", King assumed another identity and secretly married a black woman. hike395 (talk) 14:04, 6 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

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updated family information edit

I will be adding the names of King's two blood sisters as well as adding in King's half-sister. Mahna Mahna Muppet (talk) 17:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

College Rowing Information edit

I will be adding information about King's time on the rowing team at Yale. Audrey Metcalf (talk) 19:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: History of Science edit

  This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 17 January 2023 and 5 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mahna Mahna Muppet, Audrey Metcalf (article contribs). Peer reviewers: LeeLaiben, Gac8cx.

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reorganizing college life and early career section edit

Today I will be splitting up College life and early career into two sections and starting to add a new section about King's trip west in between those two existing sections. Mahna Mahna Muppet (talk) 16:22, 7 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Starting Beliefs Section edit

I will be adding a new section about King's beliefs and then filling it with some information. Audrey Metcalf (talk) 04:32, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Trip West edit

finished adding everything to trip west section including media. Mahna Mahna Muppet (talk) 16:48, 14 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Heading west edit

added some more detail the the first sentence in this section Mahna Mahna Muppet (talk) 00:20, 18 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Early Career edit

I will be adding new paragraphs to the early career section about King's exploration of the Sierra Nevada. doing this will cause the deletion of some previous work that was not as detailed as what I am adding. Mahna Mahna Muppet (talk) 16:26, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply