Dana family.
Dana family papers, 1805-1961.
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, lectures, notebooks, and miscellanea documenting the personal lives and professional careers of members of the Dana family. James Dwight Dana, a prominent American scientist, and his son, Edward Salisbury Dana are two primary figures in the papers.
James Dwight Dana was born in Utica, New York on February 12, 1813. He graduated from Yale College in 1833. Dana sailed as a member of the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. He authored several books and articles on mineralogy and geology, and taught at Yale University from 1849-1890. Dana died in New Haven, Connecticut on April 14, 1895.
Edward Salisbury Dana was born on November 16, 1849 in New Haven, Connecticut. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1870; M.A., 1874; Ph.D., 1876), taught mathematics, physics, chemistry, and natural philosophy at Yale University (1874-1917), and served as curator of mineralogy at the Peabody Museum (1874-1922). He died in New Haven, Connecticut on June 16, 1935.
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873.
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857.
Binney, Amos, 1803-1847.
Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935.
Dana, Harriet Dwight, 1792-1870.
Dana, Henrietta Frances Silliman, 1823-1907.
Dana, James, 1780-1860.
Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895.
Dana, John White, 1817-1849.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916.
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
Guyot, Arnold Henry, 1807-1884.
Herrick, Edward Claudius, 1811-1862.
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Jones, Harriet Dwight Dana, 1820-1882.
Mb̲ius, Karl August, 1825-1908.
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.
Nickls̈, Franȯis Joseph Jřm̥e, 1821-1869.
Norton, John Pitkin, 1822-1852.
Park, Edwards Amasa, 1808-1900.
Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892.
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques, 1796-1874.
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872.
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864.
Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910.
Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879.
Whitney, Josiah Dwight, 1819-1896.
Dana family.
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