LC control no. | n 85369281 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 |
Variant(s) | Whitney, Josiah Dwight, 1819-1896 Whitney, Josiah D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 |
Birth date | 1819 |
Death date | 1896 |
Place of birth | Northampton (Mass.) |
Place of death | Sunapee Lake (N.H.) |
Field of activity | Geology |
Profession or occupation | Geologists College teachers |
Found in | NUCMC 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) |