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William Edward Colby
BornMay 28, 1875
Benicia, California
DiedNovember 9, 1964(1964-11-09) (aged 89)
Big Sur, California
Occupation(s)Lawyer, conservationist
Known forFirst Secretary of the Sierra Club

William Edward Colby (May 28, 1875 – November 9, 1964) was an American lawyer, conservationist, and the first Secretary of the Sierra Club.

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in the state of California. Colby Mountain was named after William Edward Colby, first Secretary of the Sierra Club. "Colby Mountain". Geographic Names...

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Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, it was renamed...

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List of Colby College alumni

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Sierra Club John Muir Award

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Year Award starting in 2021. Source: Sierra Club awards page 1961 William Edward Colby 1962 Olaus Murie 1963 Ansel Adams 1964 Walter A. Starr 1965 Francis...

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List of international trips made by secretaries of state of the United States

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first ascent of the summit was made in 1912 by Francis P. Farquhar, William Edward Colby, and Robert M. Price. This same trio of Sierra Club pioneers also...

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universal proportions." He dedicated these words to Sierra Club leader William Edward Colby, and they became part of the introduction to Wright's posthumous...

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List of American slave traders

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published 2011 - Page 130 - Hill, William C, Slave dealer, 56 Adams - Page 171 Staples, Jno., negro trader, 136 Adams Colby (2024), p. 42. "Petition #21684327...

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Introduction. The Correspondence of Henry Edward Manning and William Ewart Gladstone. By Manning, Henry Edward; Gladstone, William Ewart. Erb, Peter C. (ed.). Vol...

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William Waldorf Astor

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Knopf, Inc., 1972), p. 92. Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Astor, William Waldorf" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New...

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Thomas Frederick Colby

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Thomas Frederick Colby FRS FRSE FGS FRGS (1 September 1784 – 9 October 1852), was a British major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey (OS). A...

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Edson Mitchell

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Portland and Auburn. He went to Edward Little High School and later graduated with a degree in Economics from Colby College in 1975. He did an MBA from...

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Everett Colby (December 10, 1874 – June 19, 1943) was an American banker and politician who represented Essex County, New Jersey in the New Jersey Assembly...

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Phoenix Program

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ISBN 978-1-55750-593-4. Nomination of William E. Colby: hearing, Ninety-Third Congress, first session, on nomination of William E. Colby to be Director of Central...

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Wars: An American's Mission to Southeast Asia, with a foreword by William E. Colby. New York: Fordham University Press (1991). ISBN 978-0823213146. Memo...

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