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John O. Skinner
John Oscar Skinner (May 4, 1845 – September 12, 1932) was an American physician who received the Medal of Honor for actions while a civilian contract surgeon serving with the U.S. Army on January 17, 1873, at Lava Beds, Oregon. Biography Skinner was born in Baltimore on May 4, 1845, and was the son of John J. and Emeline Jones Skinner. He attended the Sorbonne in Paris, took special courses at the University of Würzburg in Germany and the University of Vienna and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland. In January 1871 Skinner was a contract surgeon with the U.S. Army at Vancouver Barracks in Washington Territory. His Medal of Honor action occurred in January 1873. He was commissioned in the Army as an assistant surgeon on November 10, 1874. He was one of four officers who accompanied General George Crook on his reconnaissance of the Navajo and Apache country in the southwest United States. He was the custodian of the legendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Col John Oscar Skinner
In geomorphology, a col is the lowest point on a mountain ridge A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ... between two Summit, peaks.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 103. . It may also be called a Gap (landform), gap. Particularly rugged and forbidding cols in the terrain are usually referred to as notches. They are generally unsuitable as mountain passes, but are occasionally crossed by mule tracks or climbers' routes. The term col tends to be associated more with mountain rather than hill ranges. It is derived from the French ''col'' ("collar, neck") from Latin ''collum'', "neck". The height of a summit above its highest col (called the key col) is effectively a measure of a mountain's topographic prominence. Cols li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
