Boole (tree) the largest in Converse Basin Grove, was named around 1895 by A.H. Sweeny, a Fresno doctor, after Franklin A. Boole, a supervisor of the logging operation who spared the tree's life due to its great size. Before 1931, it was thought by many to be the largest tree in the world (although the General Grant Tree was more popularly known as the largest tree in the world at that time), but it is now known as the sixth largest tree, after five other giant sequoias: the General Sherman tree, the General Grant, the President tree, the Lincoln tree, and the
Lincoln (tree) The Lincoln Tree has a maximum base diameter of 36.4 feet. Nearby trees include the President Tree, the Washington Tree, the Adams Tree, and the Franklin Tree. All of these trees are of great size, although the Washington Tree lost the hollow upper half of its trunk in 2005 after a fire. Lincoln (tree) The Lincoln Tree is the name of a huge giant sequoia located in Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park. It is currently considered by many to be the fourth largest tree in the world. Wendell Flint, in his book "To Find The Biggest Tree", Sequoia Natural