Edward Salisbury Dana
1849–1935
American mineralogist. Son of James Dwight Dana. Graduated from Yale University, 1870; undertook graduate studies at Yale, Heidelberg, and Vienna; PhD Yale, 1876. Curator of mineralogy, 1874–1922; assistant professor of natural philosophy, 1879–90; professor of physics, 1890–1917. Published on mineralogy.
Sources
DAB (Supplement 1)
Historical register of Yale University.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
Historical register of Yale University: Historical register of Yale University 1701–1937. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University. 1939.
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