Whitney, J.D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896

Born in Northampton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1819, son of Josiah Dwight and Sarah (Williston) , grad. Yale 1839, read law 1841, traveled and studied in France, Germany, Italy, 1842-45, worked survey of mineral lands of Northern Peninsula of Mich., 1847-49, Ia. State Chemist Ill. State Survey, Geologist of Cal., 1860-74, opened Harvard School of Mines, 1868, elected to Geol. Soc. of London. Author of Metal Wealth of the U.S. and other books. Married Louisa Goddard Howe in June, 1854, had 1 daughter. Died at Lake Sunapee, N.H., Aug. 19, 1896. (from Who was who in America p.578 ; Brewster, Edward T. Life and Letters of Josiah Dwight Whitney (Boston, 1939) ) (blue index cards)

From the description of Josiah D. Whitney papers, 1849 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 527814906

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