Ernest de Koven Leffingwell

Ernest de Koven Leffingwell was an arctic explorer, geologist and SpanishAmerican War veteran.

Ernest de Koven Leffingwell was born January 13, 1875, in Knoxville, Illinois, to Charles and Elizabeth Leffingwell. He attended the grammar school at Racine College, then attended Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, where he was captain of the track team his senior year, graduated with the AB degree in 1895 and was awarded a MA in 1900. He studied physics and geology at the University of Chicago 1896 to 1898 and 1900 to 1906. He played on the Chicago Maroons football team. Leffingwell had passed his preliminary examination and was a doctoral candidate when he left for Alaska in 1906, but apparently did not complete the degree. He taught science at St Albans school in Knoxville, Illinois in 189596 and 190304, in the latter period also serving as Superintendent. During the SpanishAmerican War he served as a Seaman on the US battleship Oregon during its celebrated dash around Cape Horn and in the Battle of Santiago.

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