| LC control no. | n 90624402 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, 1793-1871 |
| Variant(s) | Van Rensselaer, Jer. (Jeremiah), 1793-1871 Van Rensselaer, Dr. (Jeremiah), 1793-1871 Van Rensselaer, Jeremias, 1793-1871 Rensselaer, Jeremiah van, 1793-1871 |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1793-08-04 |
| Death date | 1871-03-07 |
| Place of birth | Greenbush (N.Y. : Town) |
| Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Medicine Geology |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians |
| Found in | LCCN 06-43668: His Lectures on geology, 1825 (hdg.: Van Rensselaer, Jer[emiah]; usage: Jer. Van Rensselaer) Anderson, G. Landmarks of Rensselaer County N.Y., 1897: p. 181 (Dr. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer; grad. Yale; studied medicine; traveled and studied abroad; one of the first Americans to ascend Mt. Blanc; practiced medicine in N.Y.C.; corr. secretary, N.Y. Lyceum of Natural History; delivered course of lectures on geology before N.Y. Athaeneum; Greenbush, N.Y. physician; b. 1793; d. Oct. 1870) Van Rensselaer, F. The Van Rensselaers in Holland and in America, 1956 p. 59 (Dr. Jeremias Van Rensselaer; authority on geology; b. 8/4/1793; d. 3/7/1871) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, 1793-1871; usage: Jeremiah Van Rensselaer; Jer. Van Rensselaer; Dr. Van Rensselaer; variant: Jeremias Van Rensselaer; note: obituary in N.Y. Evening post confirms d. 3/7/1871) Van Rensselaer Family Papers, ca. 1686-1964 (Jeremias "Jeremiah" Van Rensselaer (1793-1871; resided primarily in New York City, where he practiced medicine; corresponding member for several natural philosophy organizations because of his keen interest in geology) <http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc23282.htm> Find A Grave Website, viewed October 21, 2020: Dr Jeremiah Van Rensselaer page (Dr Jeremiah Van Rensselaer; born 4 August 1793 in Greenbush, New York; died 6 March 1871 in Manhattan, New York) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57301901/jeremiah-van_rensselaer> |
| Associated language | eng |
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