California Historical Society in 1966. The University of California at Los Angeles conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 1967. Family life In 1934 he married Marjory Bridge, fellow mountaineer; they had three children, Peter, Suzanne and Roger. His half brother was the Los Angeles architect Robert D. Farquhar, who moved in with the Farquhars in Berkeley in 1953. Marjorie Bridge Farquhar died in 1999 in San Francisco. Legacy Mount Farquhar (12,893'), located northwest of Mount Brewer in Kings Canyon National Park, was named in his honor. Since 1970, the Sierra Club has given the Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award in his honor. Selected writings 1925: Exploration of the Sierra Nevada, California Historical Society 1926: Place Names of the High Sierra, Sierra Club 1930: Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA) 1932: Joaquin Murieta, the Brigand Chief of California, Grabhorn Press, San Francisco 1938: Preface to Clarence King's The Helmet of Mambrino, The Book Club of California 1943: A Brief Chronology of Discovery in the Pacific Ocean from Balboa to Capt. Cook's First Voyage, 1513 to 1770, Grabhorn Press, San Francisco 1947: Preface and editing, Clarence King's Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada 1948: Yosemite, the Big Trees and the High Sierra: A Selective Bibliography, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 1950: Flight to the North Pole, 24 August 1949, Grabhorn Press (Berkeley, CA) 1953: First Ascents Throughout the World, 1901-1950, Grabhorn Press (Berkeley, CA) 1953: The Books of the Colorado River & the Grand Canyon, Fretwater Press, 1957: Place Names for Bohemians: Clubhouse to Grove, Silverado Squatters 1959: Naming Alaska's mountains: with some accounts of their first ascents, American Alpine Club 1965: History of the Sierra Nevada, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1968: "Comments on Some Bay Area Fine Printers" in Edwin Grabhorn: Recollections of the Grabhorn Press, University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office References External links Francis Farquhar Obituary (Sierra Club Bulletin) Francis P. Farquhar, Exploration of the Sierra Nevada (1925) Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) Guide to the Francis P. Farquhar Papers at The Bancroft Library Portrait Photo on Mt. Whitney 1887 births 1974 deaths Writers from Newton, Massachusetts Military personnel from Massachusetts Sierra Club presidents American environmentalists American mountain climbers Sierra Nevada (United States) The Harvard Crimson people Sierra Club awardees