See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• DWIGHT, JOHN (d. 1703)
• DWIGHT, JOHN SULLIVAN (1813-1893)
• DWIGHT, THEODORE WILLIAM (1822-1892)
• DWIGHT, TIMOTHY (1752-1817)

DWIGHT See also:

• DANA, CHARLES ANDERSON (1819–'897)
• DANA, FRANCIS (1743-1811)
• JAMES DWIGHT DANA (1813-1895)

DANA (1813-1895)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• UTICA

Utica, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1813 . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early displayed a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, which had been fostered by See also:

• FAY, ANDRAS (1786–1864)

Fay Edgerton, a teacher in theUtica high school, and in 183o he entered Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to study under See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN (1779-1864)

Silliman the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder . Graduating in 1833, for the next two years he was teacher of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics to midshipmen in the See also:

• NAVY

navy, and sailed to the Mediterranean while engaged in his duties . In 1836—1837 he was assistant to See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Silliman in the chemical laboratory at Yale, and then, for four years, acted as mineralogist and geologist of a See also:

• UNITED

United States exploring expedition, commanded by See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Wilkes, in the Pacific ocean (see WILKES, CHARLES) . His labours in preparing the reports of his explorations occupied parts of thirteen years after his return to See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1842 . In 1844 he again became a See also:

• RESIDENT

resident of New Haven, married the daughter of Professor Silliman, and in 185o, on the resignation of the latter, was appointed Silliman Professor of Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History and See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

Geology in Yale College, a position which he held till 1892 . In 1846 he became See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint editor and during the later years of his See also:

• LIFE

life he was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief editor of the American See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Science and Arts (founded in 1818 by Benjamin Silliman), to which he was a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant contributor, principally of articles on geology and See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy . A See also:

• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

bibliographical See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his writings shows 214 titles of books and papers, beginning in 1835 with a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper on the conditions of See also:

• VESUVIUS (also Vesevus in ancient poets)

Vesuvius in 1834, and ending with the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth revised edition (finished in February 1895) of his See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of Geology . His reports on Zoophytes, on the Geology of the Pacific See also:

• AREA

Area, and on See also:

• CRUSTACEA

Crustacea, summarizing his See also:

• WORK

work on the Wilkes expedition, appeared in 1846, 1849 and 1852—1854, in See also:

• QUARTO

quarto volumes, with copiously illustrated atlases; but as these were issued in small See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, his reputation more largely rests upon his See also:

• SYSTEM

System of Mineralogy (1837 and many later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions in 1892); Manual of Geology (1862; ed . 4, 1895); Manual of Mineralogy (1848), afterwards entitled Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology (ed . 4, 1887); and See also:

• CORALS (KoRAis), ADAMANTIOS [in French, DIAMANT CORAY] (1748–1833)

Corals and See also:

• CORAL

Coral Islands (1872; ed . 2, 1890) .

In 1887 See also:

• DANA, CHARLES ANDERSON (1819–'897)
• DANA, FRANCIS (1743-1811)
• DANA, JAMES DWIGHT (1813-1895)

Dana revisited the Hawaiian Islands, and the results of his further investigations were published in a quarto See also:

• VOLUME

volume in 189o, entitled Characteristics of Volcanoes . By the Royal Society of See also:

• LONDON

London he was awarded the See also:

• COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON (1737—1815)

Copley See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal in 1877; and by the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society the See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

Wollaston medal in 1874 . His See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of work were extraordinary, and in his 82nd See also:

• YEAR

year he was occupied in preparing a new edition of his Manual of Geology, the 4th edition being issued in 1895 . He died on the 14th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1895 . His son See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

SALISBURY DANA, born at New Haven on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1849, is author of A Textbook of Mineralogy (1877; new ed . 1898) and a See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text See also:

• BOOK

Book of Elementary See also:

• MECHANICS

Mechanics (1881) . In 1879—8o he was professor of natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and then became professor of physics at Yale . See Life of J . D . Dana, by See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel C . See also:

• GILMAN, DANIEL COIT (1831-1908)

Gilman (1899) .