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James Dwight Dana
b. 12 February 1813
Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Printmaker)
An eminent US scholar, considered to be "a towering figure in the history of geology". Dana's contribution to Australian geology was his description and mapping of the rock formations between the Hunter and Shoalhaven rivers.
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b. 12 February 1813 Utica, New York, USA
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associate of
William Branwhite Clarke
1798
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Charles Wilkes
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associate of
Benjamin Silliman
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associate of
Alexander Macleay
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née Dwight Harriet Dana
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associate of
Joseph Pitt Couthouy
1813
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Joseph Drayton
1813
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)
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Updated Oct. 19, 2011
Created Jan. 1, 1992
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