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Benjamin Silliman was born in Trumbull (North Stratford), Connecticut on August 8, 1779. He graduated from Yale College in 1796, studied law with Simeon Baldwin, was appointed as a tutor at Yale College (1799), and was admitted to the bar in 1802. He was appointed professor of chemistry and natural history at Yale College in 1802. Silliman taught, lectured, and published until 1853. He died in New Haven, Connecticut on November 24, 1864.

Benjamin Silliman, Jr. was born on December 4, 1816. He graduated from Yale College in 1837, and assisted his father, Benjamin Silliman. He held several teaching positions at Yale College, edited scholarly journals, and published works on chenistry and geology. He died in New Haven, Connecticut on January 14, 1885.

From the description of Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79316908

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associatedWith Abbott, Gorham D., 1807-1874. person
associatedWith Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873. person
associatedWith Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864. person
associatedWith Blake, William P. (William Phipps), 1826-1910. person
associatedWith Brongniart, Alexandre, 1770-1847. person
associatedWith Bruce, Archibald, 1777-1818. person
associatedWith Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. person
associatedWith Carpenter, George W. (George Washington), 1802-1860. person
associatedWith Chauncey, Charles, 1777-1849. person
associatedWith Clayton, Joshua E. (Joshua Elliot). person
associatedWith Collier, Peter, 1835-1896. person
associatedWith Dana family. family
associatedWith Dana, Henrietta Francis Silliman, 1823-1907. person
associatedWith Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895. person
associatedWith Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882. person
associatedWith Darling, Noyes, 1782-1846. person
associatedWith Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. person
associatedWith Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867. person
associatedWith Delafield, Joseph, 1790-1875. person
associatedWith Dickinson, Mary Fish Noyes Silliman, 1736-1818. person
associatedWith Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. person
associatedWith Douglas, Benjamin, 1719-1775. person
associatedWith Douglass, David Bates, 1790-1849. person
associatedWith Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817. person
associatedWith Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842. person
associatedWith Fish family. family
associatedWith Fish, Joseph, 1706-1781. person
associatedWith Fish, Rebecca Peabody, 1703-1783. person
associatedWith Gibbs, Josiah W. (Josiah Willard), 1790-1861. person
associatedWith Gilman family. family
associatedWith Glass, Anthony, ca. 1773-1819? person
associatedWith Goodrich, Charles, 1778-1871. person
associatedWith Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896. person
associatedWith Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834. person
associatedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878. person
associatedWith Herrick, Edward Claudius, 1811-1862. person
associatedWith Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903. person
associatedWith Hildreth, Samuel P. (Samuel Prescott), 1783-1863. person
associatedWith Hubbard, Faith Wadsworth, 1812-1887. person
associatedWith Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880. person
associatedWith Littell, Eliakim, 1797-1870. person
associatedWith Locke, John, 1792-1856. person
associatedWith Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889. person
associatedWith Maley, John. person
associatedWith Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852. person
associatedWith Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. person
associatedWith Meade, William, d. 1833. person
associatedWith Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872. person
associatedWith Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. person
associatedWith Olmsted, Dension, 1791-1859. person
associatedWith Pascalis Ouviere, Felix, 1762-1833. person
associatedWith Pendleton, William S., 1795-1879. person
associatedWith Porter, Noah, 1811-1892. person
associatedWith Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. person
associatedWith Rogers, Henry D. (Henry Darwin), 1808-1866. person
associatedWith Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881. person
associatedWith Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864. person
associatedWith Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885. person
associatedWith Silliman, Gold Selleck, 1732-1790. person
associatedWith Silliman, Harriet Trumbull. person
associatedWith Silliman, Susan Huldah Forbes, 1819-1878. person
associatedWith Smith, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence), 1818-1883. person
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. person
associatedWith Stebbins, Josiah, 1766-1829. person
associatedWith Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958. person
associatedWith Street, Augustus Russell. person
associatedWith Sullivan, John L. (John Langdon), 1777-1865. person
associatedWith Taft, Alphonso, 1810-1891. person
associatedWith Tallmadge, Frederick A. (Frederick Augustus), 1792-1869. person
associatedWith Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857. person
associatedWith Thomas, David, 1776-1859. person
associatedWith Torrey, John, 1796-1873. person
associatedWith Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844. person
associatedWith Trumbull family. family
associatedWith Trumbull, John, 1756-1843. person
associatedWith Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809. person
associatedWith Twining, Stephen, 1767-1832. person
associatedWith Webster, John White, 1793-1850. person
associatedWith White, Henry, 1803-1880. person
associatedWith Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896. person
associatedWith Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884. person
associatedWith Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889. person
associatedWith Woolsey, Theodore Salisbury, 1852-1929. person
associatedWith Wright, Arthur Williams, 1836-1915. person
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associatedWith Yale University. Art Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. Sheffield Scientific School. corporateBody
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