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Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896

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Personal name headingWhitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896
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Variant(s)Whitney, Josiah Dwight, 1819-1896
Whitney, Josiah D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896
Birth date1819
Death date1896
Place of birthNorthampton (Mass.)
Place of deathSunapee Lake (N.H.)
Field of activityGeology
Profession or occupationGeologists College teachers
Found inNUCMC data from Huntington Lib. for Pettee, W.H. Papers, 1847-1898 (Josiah D. Whitney, of the California State Geological Survey)
LC data base, 11-30-85 (hdg.: Whitney, Josiah Dwight, 1819-1896; usage: J.D. Whitney)
American National Biography WWW site, July 23, 2018 (Whitney, Josiah Dwight; born (November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts; died August 19, 1896 at Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire; State Geologist of California; Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard; book collector; much interested in music)