Word: danae
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meeting of the Geological Conference at 7.45 this evening in the Geological Laboratory will be in memory of the late Professor James Dwight Dana of Yale. Papers will be read on his work in various branches of science, by Dr. Jackson on his work in Zoology, by Professor Wolff on his work on the Taconic Problem; by Professor Davis on his work in Glacial Geology and by Professor Shaler, on his influence upon Geology...
Geological Conference. Meeting in Memory of Professor J. D. Dana. Geological Laboratory...
...death of Professor Dana during vacation has occasioned profound sorrow throughout the University. He was the last representative of the "old guard" of great scholars and still greater teachers, who rendered the first contributions to Yale's fame as an institution of learning. He was universally loved as well as respected, and though he was very old, yet every one was shocked to hear of his sudden death. He continued his writings up to the very last...
Professor Dana graduated from Yale in 1833, and was appointed instructor in mathematics to midshipmen in the U. S. Navy...
...appointed Silliman professor of natural history and geology, at Yale, in 1850, and entered on the administration of the chair in 1855. Professor Dana became, about 1850, associate editor of the American Journal of Science and Arts, founded by the elder Silliman in 1819. Subsequent to the death of Professor Silliman he became its senior editor...