See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

JOSIAH See also:

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

DWIGHT See also:

• WHITNEY, ELI (1765-1825)
• JOSIAH DWIGHT WHITNEY (1819-1896)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM COLLINS (1841-1904)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM DWIGHT (1827-1894)

WHITNEY (1819-1896)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 23rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1819 . He graduated at Yale in 1839, and after two years' See also:

• WORK

work as assistant in the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological survey of New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in the study of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and See also:

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

geology . Returning to the See also:

• UNITED

United States in 1847, he laboured successfully for a time in the See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron 1 D . A . See also:

• TOMPKINS, DANIEL D

Tompkins, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton (1901), p . 28.lands of the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• SUPERIOR

Superior region; in 1855 he became See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State chemist and See also:

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

professor in the See also:

• IOWA

Iowa University and took See also:

• PART

part in the geological survey of the state; he subsequently worked in the See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead region of the upper See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

• RIVER

river, in See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin, and in See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing many reports, singly or in collaboration with others . From 186o to 1874 he was state geologist of See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, and issued a comprehensive See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of reports on its See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

topography, geology and See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany . In 1869, with See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William H .. See also:

• BREWER, JOHN SHERREN (1810-1879)

Brewer, he determined the heights of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal Rocky See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain summits; and in recognition of his labours See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• WHITNEY, ELI (1765-1825)
• WHITNEY, JOSIAH DWIGHT (1819-1896)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM COLLINS (1841-1904)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM DWIGHT (1827-1894)

Whitney (14,502, in Inyo See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, California, the highest See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak in the United States) received its name from him . From 1865 until his See also:

• DEATH

death he was professor of geology and director of the school of See also:

• MINING

mining and See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical geology at Harvard University, residing in See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save when absent on expeditions of See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . The records of his investigations are somewhat dispersed; the most homogeneous of his writings are The Metallic See also:

• WEALTH

Wealth of the United States, described and compared with that of other Countries (1854), a work of importance at the time of its issue, and Contributions to American Geology (vol. i. only, 1880) . He died at Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, on the 18th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1896 .