TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY MINERALOGIST AND VICE PRESIDENT OF TIFFANY'S GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ REQUESTING TICKETS TO A TRAPROCK LECTURE.
by Kunz, George Frederick. (1856-1932). American mineralogist and vice president of Tiffany & Co. where he sought out fine gems for his clients
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Kunz writes to J. B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau, New York City, asking for tickets to a lecture: "I would greatly appreciate having two tickets for the lecture by Dr. Walter E. Traprock on his North Pole trip."
George Frederick Kunz [1856-1932], an American mineralogist and mineral collector, took an interest in minerals from a very young age. With no formal training he taught himself mineralogy from books and field work to the point where his expertise won him a job with Tiffany & Co. His knowledge and enthusiasm propelled him into a vice presidency by the time he was 23. He headed the U.S. mining and mineralogical exhibits at five international expositions between 1889 and 1904 and was a member of such professional organizations as the Mineralogical Society of America and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. He was a research curator at the New York City's Museum of Natural History and was the leading advocate for the establishment of the international carat as a unit of measure for precious gems.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
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- Title
- TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY MINERALOGIST AND VICE PRESIDENT OF TIFFANY'S GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ REQUESTING TICKETS TO A TRAPROCK LECTURE.
- Author
- Kunz, George Frederick. (1856-1932). American mineralogist and vice president of Tiffany & Co. where he sought out fine gems for his clients
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
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- New York: October 16th, 1922.
- Date Published
- 1922.
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- SCIENCE; MINERALOGY; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY MINERALOGIST AND VICE PRESIDENT OF TIFFANY'S GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ REQUESTING TICKETS TO A TRAPROCK LECTURE; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; POND LECTURE BUREAU; WALTER E. TRAPROCK LECTURE.
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