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Encyclopedia > Franklin Knight Lane

Franklin Knight Lane (1864–1921) was a Canadian-American Democratic politician who served as United States Secretary of the Interior under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1920. The accomplishments of his tenure include the formation of the National Park Service.


He became better known posthumously by being quoted in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire.


External Link

Biographical vignette from the U.S. National Park Service (http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/sontag/lane.htm)



Preceded by:
Walter Lowrie Fisher		 United States Secretary of the Interior
1913-1920		 Succeeded by:
John Barton Payne

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Franklin Knight Lane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (306 words)
Franklin Knight Lane (1864–1921) was a Canadian-American Democratic politician who served as United States Secretary of the Interior.
Lane was born July 15, 1864 in DeSable, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Lane died May 18, 1921 in Rochester, Minnesota, and his ashes were scattered over Yosemite.
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