| Authorised form of name | Dana; James Dwight (1813 - 1895) |
| Dates | 1813 - 1895 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | Utica, New York, USA |
| Date of birth | 12 February 1813 |
| Place of death | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Date of death | 14 April 1895 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Mineralogy |
| Activity | Education:
Yale College
Career:
Instructor in Mathematics to midshipmen, US Navy; Assistant to Professor Silliman; published 'Descriptive mineralogy' (1837); Mineralogist and Geologist, United States expedition voyage around the world; Professor of Geology and Natural History, Yale (1850); retired (1892); died of heart failure
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 18/12/1884 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1877 |
| Relationships | Married Henrietta Frances, daughter of Professor Silliman |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1895 vol 58 pp lvii-lx signed by L F |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/27128721 |
| Code | NA5913 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1884/23 | Dana, James Dwight: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/11/659 | Copy letter from A H White, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Secretary, Royal Society | 4 September 1895 |
| MC/11/188 | Letter from James D [Dwight] Dana, New Haven, Connecticut, to Sir Joseph [Dalton] Hooker, President of the Royal Society | 21 March 1878 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |