Biographical entry Dana, James Dwight (1813 - 1895)

Summary

James Dwight Dana visited New South Wales in 1839-40 as geologist to the United States Exploring Expedition.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• William Branwhite Clarke - Records, 1842 - 1876, MS 28; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Clarke Family Papers - Records, 1789 - 1879, ML MSS 139; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Mozley, Ann, 'Dana, James Dwight (1813-1895), mineralogist and geologist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 278-279. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010267b.htm. Details
• Stoddart, David R., 'This Coral Episode: Darwin, Dana and the Coral Reefs in the Pacific', in Roy MacLeod and Philip F. Rehbock (eds), Darwin's Laboratory: Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1994, pp. 21-48. Details

Conference Papers

• Middleton, R. G.; Jones, B. G. and Carr, P. F., 'James Dwight Dana and Sydney Basin Geology', in D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally (eds), Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries Beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19^th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994, International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences, Sydney, 1994, pp. 163-171. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Dana, James Dwight', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1181881. Details