LeConte
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The Le Conte or LeConte family included a number of notable members:
- Louis Le Conte (1782-1838), Georgia grower with botanical interests
- John Le Conte (1818-1891), Louis' son, medicine, chemistry, physics, first professor at UC Berkeley
- Joseph Le Conte (1823-1901), Louis' son, noted geologist, Sierra Club officer
- Joseph Nisbet Le Conte, Joseph's son, UC Berkeley engineering professor, Sierra Club officer
- Emma Le Conte, Joseph's daughter, kept a diary (December 31, 1864 - August 6, 1865) that included an account of General William T. Sherman's attack on Columbia, South Carolina, in February 1865. The diary was published as When the World Ended in 1957, and reissued in 1987 (ISBN 0-8032-8151-X). (The New Georgia Encyclopedia - Emma LeConte)
- John Eatton Le Conte, Jr., (1784-1860), Louis' younger brother, naturalist
- John Lawrence Le Conte (1825-1883), John Eatton's son, noted entomologist
LeConte is the first name for the following people:
- LeConte Stewart (1891-1990), a Mormon artist and former head of the Art Department at the University of Utah
[edit] Place names
Places in the United States named Le Conte or LeConte:
- Camp Le Conte, located in Sevier County, Tennessee
- Le Conte Avenue, located in Westwood, Los Angeles County, California
- Joseph Le Conte Middle School, located in Los Angeles County, California
- LeConte Bay, located outside of Petersburg, Alaska
- Le Conte Canyon, located in Fresno County, California
- Le Conte College, located in Richland County, South Carolina
- Le Conte Crater, located in Deschutes County, Oregon
- Le Conte Creek, located in Sevier County, Tennessee
- Le Conte Divide, located in Fresno County, California
- LeConte Glacier, located outside of Wrangell, Alaska
- LeConte Glacier, located in Chelan County, Washington
- Le Conte Falls, located in Tuolumne County, California
- LeConte Hall, located in Alameda County, California
- LeConte Hall, located in Clarke County, Georgia
- LeConte Lake, located in Duchesne County, Utah
- LeConte Lake, located in Yakima County, Washington
- Le Conte Lodge, located in Sevier County, Tennessee
- Le Conte School, located in Alameda County, California
- Mount Le Conte, located in Inyo County, California
- Mount LeConte, located in Sevier County, Tennessee
- Stikine-LeConte Wilderness, located in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area in Alaska
[edit] Other
- Le Conte pear, introduced to Georgia by John Eatton Le Conte in 1856
- Le Conte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei)
- Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
- M/V LeConte, a vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System
[edit] References
- New George Encylopedia entry on the LeConte family
- The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte: Electronic Edition. - retrieved February 25, 2006
- USGS Geographic Names Information System Feature Query Results for 'Le Conte' in California - retrieved February 25, 2006
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