Thorington, J. Monroe (James Monroe), 1894-1989

found: His A climber's guide to the interior ranges of British Columbia, 1937:t.p. (J. Monroe Thorington)

found: LC in OCLC, 12-14-94(hdg.: Thorington, James Monroe, 1894- ; usages: J. Monroe Thorington, James Monroe Thorington)

found: The glittering mountains of Canada : a record of exploration and pioneer ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924, 2012:EPUB title page (by J. Monroe Thorington) - http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/101/200/300/heritage_group/j_monroe_thorington/glittering/index.html

found: American Alpine Club Web page, September 29, 2020(JAMES MONROE THORINGTON 1894-1989 James Monroe Thorington, born in Philadelphia on October 7, 1894, died in nearby Germantown on November 29, 1989, at the age of 95. Roy, as his friends called him, was not only a distinguished ophthalmologist, writer and collector of folk art, but one of the greatest friends of the American Alpine Club, which he joined in 1918. Two summers of his youth, spent in the Bavarian Highlands, aroused his interest in mountaineering, a sport which dominated his avocational life. Fifteen seasons were spent in the Canadian Northwest, during which he explored much of the Alberta-British Columbia watershed between Mount Assiniboine and Robson, making some 50 first ascents, including Mounts Barnard, Lyell, Saskatchewan and North Twin, the latter being the highest summit entirely in Alberta. He also visited the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, with five seasons in the Purcell Range. A peak in the Purcells now bears his name. Many of the names of peaks suggested by him were accepted by the Geographic Board of Canada. He was the author of The Glittering Mountains of Canada (1925), The Purcell Range of British Columbia (1946) and the translator and editor of Conrad Kain's Where the Clouds Can Go (1935). He also wrote the standard guidebooks of the Canadian Rockies and the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, both of which have gone through several editions)