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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Torrey, John, 1796-1873

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John Torrey (1796-1873) was one of the greatest figures in American botanical history. He led botanists in the adoption of the natural system of classification. His extensive herbarium became the foundation of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Appointed botanist for the Geological Survey of the State of New York in 1836, he published the first compete flora of the state in addition to preparing descriptions of plants collected during surveys for the Pacific railroad routes, the...

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

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English physicist and chemist. From the guide to the Michael Faraday letter, 1867 May 1, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) English chemist and physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Royal Institution, to Benjamin Dockray, 1856 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607104668 Chemist, physicist. From the description of Michael Faraday letter, 1836. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010683 Engli...

Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

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Congregational minister, president of Yale. From the description of Letters of Timothy Dwight [manuscript], 1894-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812954 Timothy Dwight was born on November 16, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1849 (B.A.) and 1852 (M.A.). Dwight was licensed to preach in 1855 and ordained in 1861. He served Yale College as tutor (1851-1855), assistant professor (1858-1861) and professor of Sacred Liter...

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Yale University. Students.

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Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903

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Mining engineer, professor at M.I.T. In Colorado summer 1871 to lead a student tour of the mining districts near Central City, Georgetown, and Golden City, with a side trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. From the description of Papers, 1871-1872. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13807106 Mining engineer and soldier. From the description of Papers, 1857-1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36405133 Mining engineer, army officer, and ...

Washington, Henry S. (Henry Stephens), 1867-1934

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Trumbull, Julia Maria Jayne, 1823-1868.

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Hagemann, Gustav, 1853-....

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Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912

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George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912): 1852-1853 taught chemistry at the University of Virginia and did mineralogical experiments; 1855 appointed professor of metallurgy at Yale University Sheffield Scientific School, and in 1864 this position was expanded to include mineralogy; became president of Sheffield Scientific School in 1872, and continued until 1898; served as trustee, and other positions on the Board of the school until 1912; author of books and articles. Louis Vale...

Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925

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Charles Frederick Chandler was an important American chemist and chemical educator. He was deeply involved in issues of chemistry, mining, and public health throughout the last third of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. As a professor at Columbia University, he revolutionized chemical education in the United States and was a major proponent of practical, scientific education. He was deeply involved in professional organizations and kept scrupulously abreas...

Weld, Mason Cogswell, 1829-1887

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Williams, George Huntington, 1856-1894

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George Huntington Williams was a mineralogist, petrologist, and professor of Geology, The Johns Hopkins University, 1882-1894. He was born in Utica, N.Y. Jan. 28, 1856. Williams received his Ph. D. from the University of Heidelberg (1882) where he studied with the renowned teacher of microscopic petrography, Heinrich Rosenbush. Williams accepted a position in the newly established Geology department at Hopkins and pioneered the instruction of petrography in American univ...

Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910

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Alexander Agassiz(1835-1910), marine biologist, oceanographer, and industrial entrepreneur, was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the son of Louis Agassiz. In 1860 Agassiz began a lifetime occupation of administering the business affairs of the Harvard museum, a task made difficult by his father's penchant for excessive collecting and expenditures. After Louis's death in 1873, Agassiz succeeded to the directorship of the Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and completed the physical...

Kobell, Franz ˜vonœ 1803-1882

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

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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...

Des Cloizeaux, A. (Alfred), 1817-1897

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Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910

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Brewer went to Yale in 1848 to study soil analysis with J.P. Norton. He left to teach for two years, retuned and got his Ph. D. from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1852. After Yale he went to study in Heidelberg, Munich and Paris. In 1858 he was made professor of chemistry and geology at Washington College in Pennsylvania. From 1860-1864 Brewer was first assistant on the Geological Survey of California and undertook extensive botanical surveys of areas that were still largely unexplored. In ...

Fisher, Robert A., b.ca. 1833.

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Bauerman, Hilary

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Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902

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Professor of Physics at Columbia University, 1863-1901, who was the first to apply stereoscopic photography to the microscope and the first to make quantitative experiments on color-contrast, to measure the duration of flashes of lightning, and to make a photometer that is independent of color. From the description of Papers, 1855-1902. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515000 ...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885

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Charles Babbage was a mathematician and inventor. From the guide to the Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871, (American Philosophical Society) Chemist; professor at Yale, from 1853. Son of Benjamin Silliman, also a chemist, geologist, and Yale professor, 1802-1852. From the description of Correspondence, 1875-1884. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31440798 This is Benjamin Silliman, Jr., a chemist and professor at Yal...

Gibbs, Wolcott (Oliver Wolcott), 1822-1908.

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Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894

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Josiah Dwight Whitney was born on November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1839 (B.A.) and studied geology in Europe. He participated in the Lake Superior region survey (1847-1849) and several other expeditions through the 1860s. Whitney taught at Harvrd University and published several works on geology. He died in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire on August 19, 1896. From the guide to the William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951, 1814-1912,...

Pirsson, Louis V. (Louis Valentine), 1860-1919

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Storer, Francis Humphreys, 1832-1914.

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Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899

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Othniel Charles Marsh was a paleontologist and was President of the National Academy of Science. From the description of Papers, 1817-1899. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616238 From the guide to the Othniel Charles Marsh papers, 1817-1899, 1817-1899, (American Philosophical Society) Epithet: Professor of Palaeontology, Yale University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055...

Yale university. Sheffield scientific school

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In 1847, Yale established the Department of Philosophy and Arts, which offered courses in philosophy, the arts, and the sciences. As the scientific fields gained in strength, the School of Applied Chemistry and the School of Engineering were developed. These schools were combined in 1854 to form the Yale Scientific School. In 1858 Joseph Earl Sheffield purchased the old Medical Institution and presented it to Yale, along with scientific apparatus and an endowment. The new school, dedicated as th...

Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897

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American economist and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645501803 Lawyer, educator, and economist. From the description of Francis Amasa Walker papers, 1878-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981602 American publicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Conn., to Mr. We...

Krantz, Jean Baptiste Sʹebastien, b. 1817.

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Yale University. Faculty.

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Cross, Whitman, 1854-1949

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Surveyor and geologist. From the description of Cross, Whitman, 1854-1949 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574273 ...

Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880). From the description of Letter, September 29, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71275513 Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); S...

Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893

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Friedrich August Genth was a chemist. From the description of Chemische Untersuchung des Mesopins, 1843. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439872 Friedrich August Frenth was a chemist. From the guide to the Complete catalogue of the collection of minerals of Dr. F. A. Genth, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society) Frederick August Ludwig Karl Wilhelm Genth (1820-1893) was born in Hesse, Germany, and received his doct...

Ramsay, A. C. (Andrew Crombie), 1814-1891

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Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909

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Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. He was descended from two of the oldest families in Pennsylvania. His father, William Wharton, was in the direct line of Thomas Wharton of Westmoreland, England, who came to America in 1683. The first American ancestor of his mother, Deborah Fisher Wharton, was John Fisher, who emig...

Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895

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American scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Utica, New York, to T.F. Dwight, 1865 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530661 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to E.W. Hilgard, 1877 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870623 ...

Blake, Eli Whitney, 1836-1895.

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Trautwine, John C. (John Cresson), 1810-1883

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Roepper, William Theodore.

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Moore, George Henry

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Egleston, Thomas, 1832-1900

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Mineralogist, professor of Engineering, and founder of the Columbia School of Mines. From the description of Thomas Egleston papers, 1857-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 493895680 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Thomas Egleston was a noted metallurgist and professor of metallurgy and mineralogy at Columbia University's School of Mines, which he helped found along with Charles F. Chandler and Francis Vinton in 1864. Egleston...

Hawes, George W. (George Wesson), 1848-1882

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Longfellow, Alice M. (Alice Mary), 1850-1928

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Born 22 September 1850 to Henry Wadsworth and Frances Appleton Longfellow, Alice Longfellow lived a privileged life with her family in Cambridge, enjoying her studies and developing a love of travel after a visit to Maine in 1863, when she was only 12 years old. After the death of her mother in 1861, Longfellow took on something of a caretaker role to her two younger sisters, earning her the depiction of "grave Alice" in her father's famous poem, The Children's Hour. At the age of 21, Alice Lo...

Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to W. Reid, 1871 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269584399 Biographical Note: Daniel Coit Gilman was an educator and first president of The Johns Hopkins University. From the description of Daniel Coit Gilman papers, 1773-1925. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48134620 Daniel Coit Gilman: president of the University of California, 1872-1875; president of Johns Hop...

Brush family.

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Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836-1908

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James D. Hague (1836-1909) was a mining engineer who graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard in 1855 and did graduate work inGottingen and Freiberg, Germany. In 1859 he explored the coral islands of the South Seas in search of phosphate deposits. He was associated with Edwin J. Hulbert in the discovery and early development of the Calumetand Hecla copper mines in Michigan, and in 1867 he was made first assistant to Clarence King on the United States Geological Exploration of the...

Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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Joseph Henry (1797-1878, APS 1835), a physicist, was the first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he retained for over three decades. Henry was a leading experimental scientist whose contributions include several discoveries in the field of electromagnetics. He has been credited with the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph, among other things. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York, the son of William Henry, a teamster, and his wife An...

Weed, Walter Harvey, 1862-1944

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Eschweiler, Charles F.

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Grimes, Elizabeth Sarah Nealley.

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King, Clarence, 1842-1901

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Clarence Rivers King (1842-1901) was a geologist, mining engineer, and writer. He graduated from Yale Scientific School in 1862, journeyed West, and joined the California Geological Survey as volunteers. From 1867-1877, King directed the geological and scientific survey of the Fortieth Parallel from eastern Colorado to the California border. The next year he was made head of the newly established United States Geological Survey, a position he held until entering private practice as a mining engi...

Dana, Henrietta Frances Silliman, 1823-1907.

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Chittenden, R. H. (Russell Henry), 1856-1943

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Physiological chemist; professor of physiological chemistry at Yale University 1882-1922; director of Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1898-1922, and trustee 1900-1930; member of the Referee Board of the Department of Agriculture 1908-1915. From the description of Russell Henry Chittenden papers, 1870-1945 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122386398 From the description of Russell Henry Chittenden papers, 1870-1945 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Gold, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1818-1906

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Farmer and historian, of Cornwall, Conn.; originally of Madison, N.Y. From the description of T.S. Gold family papers, 1800-1907. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28415205 ...

Root, Oren, 1838-1885.

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Teall, J. J. H. (Jethro Justinian Harms), 1849-1924

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Epithet: geologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0002d3 ...

Smith, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence), 1818-1883

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Lawyer, legislator, judge. John Lawrence Smith was a member of the New York State Assembly, a Suffolk County District Attorney, and after 1858, County Judge and Surrogate. From the description of Papers, 1835-1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155535653 ...

Jeffries, William W.

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Taylor, William J. (William Johnson), 1832-1864

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Lounsbury, Thomas R., 1838-1915

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American author and philologist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : New Haven and Washington, D.C., to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Apr. 2-1913 July 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591809 Thomas R. Lounsbury was born in Ovid, New York on January 1, 1838. He graduated from Yale (B.A., 1859) and served in the Civil War (1862-1865). He taught in New York and returned to teach at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1870. He served as prof...

Blanford, William Thomas, 1832-1905

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William Thomas Blanford was an English geologist and naturalist. Blanford was editor of The fauna of British India, 1st ed., 1888- and author of the vol. on Mammalia. He was the co-author of the vol. on Testacellidae and Zonitidae (vol. 1 of Mollusca), 1908- W.A. (Walter Ambrose Heath) Harding was a zoologist specializing in leeches. Harding was co-author of the vol. on Hirudinea for The fauna of British India, 1927. From the descripti...

Cooke, Josiah P., Jr. (Josiah Parsons), 1827-1894

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Cooke (Harvard, A.B., 1848) taught chemistry and mineralogy at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Josiah Parsons Cooke, 1859-1893 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069349 ...

Smyth, Warington W. (Warington Wilkinson), 1817-1890

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Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911

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Physician and faculty member, Amherst College. From the description of Papers, 1852-1855, Amherst, Mass. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35091769 Edward "Doc" Hitchcock, eldest son of geologist and Amherst College President Edward Hitchcock and artist Orra White Hitchcock, graduated from Amherst in the Class of 1849 and received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Hitchcock was Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education at Amherst College, 1861-1911, college physici...