James Dwight Dana
1813
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1895
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Yale College
occupation: geologist, explorer, zoologist, carcinologist, university teacher, botanist, mineralogist
award received: Copley Medal, Clarke Medal, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wollaston Medal
position held: President of the Geological Society of America, board member
influenced by: Benjamin Silliman, Sr.
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. His zoological author abbreviation is Dana. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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