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Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895

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Personal name headingDana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
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Variant(s)Dè‡na, Dzh. D., 1813-1895
Dana, James D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895
Dana, James (James Dwight), 1813-1895
Dana, J. D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1813-02-12
Death date1895-04-14
Place of birthUtica (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew Haven (Conn.)
Field of activityMineralogy Geology Volcanology Zoology
AffiliationYale College (1718-1887)
United States. Navy
Yale College (1718-1887)
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Yale College (1718-1887)
Yale University
Profession or occupationMineralogists Geologists Naturalists Volcanologists Zoologists College teachers
University and college faculty members
Found inHis Manual of mineralogy, c1985: CIP t.p. (James D. Dana)
Britannica (website), viewed Aug. 5, 2022: James D. Dana (American geologist and mineralogist. James D. Dana, in full James Dwight Dana, (born February 12, 1813, Utica, New York, U.S.-died April 14, 1895, New Haven, Connecticut), American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist who, in explorations of the South Pacific, the U.S. Northwest, Europe, and elsewhere, made important studies of mountain building, volcanic activity, sea life, and the origin and structure of continents and ocean basins. Dana attended Charles Bartlett's Academy and then entered Yale College as a sophomore in 1830. On graduation from Yale in 1833 he instructed midshipmen in mathematics on a U.S. Navy cruise to the Mediterranean.)
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Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 5, 2022: James Dwight Dana (James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 - April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world. He showed an early interest in science, which had been fostered by Fay Edgerton, a teacher in the Utica high school, and in 1830 he entered Yale College in order to study under Benjamin Silliman the elder. Graduating in 1833, for the next two years he was teacher of mathematics to midshipmen in the Navy, and sailed to the Mediterranean while engaged in his duties. In 1836 and 1837 he was assistant to Professor Silliman in the chemical laboratory at Yale, and then, for four years, acted as mineralogist and geologist of the United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, in the Pacific Ocean. His labors in preparing the reports of his explorations occupied parts of thirteen years after his return to America in 1842. Dana's sketch of Mount Shasta was engraved in 1849 for publication in the American Journal of Science and Arts (which Silliman had founded in 1818), along with a lengthy article based on Dana's 1841 geological notes. In the article he described in scientific terms the rocks, minerals, and geology of the Shasta region. As far as is known, his sketch of Mount Shasta became the second view of the mountain ever published. In 1844 he again became a resident of New Haven, and married Professor Silliman's daughter, Henrietta Frances Silliman. In 1850, he was appointed as Silliman's successor, as Silliman Professor of Natural History and Geology in Yale College, a position which he held until 1892. In 1846 he became joint editor, and during the later years of his life was chief editor, of the American Journal of Science and Arts, to which he was a constant contributor, principally of articles on geology and mineralogy.)
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