Person
Dana, James Dwight (1813 - 1895)
- Born
- 12 February 1813
United States of America - Died
- 14 April 1895
United States of America - Occupation
- Geologist and Mineralogist
Summary
James Dana visited New South Wales in 1839-1840 as geologist to the United States Exploring Expedition.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Microfilm Collection, MS 067; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
- William Branwhite Clarke - Records, 1842 - 1876, MS 028; 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 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 1 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 278-279. 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 Darwin's Laboratory: Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific, Roy MacLeod and Philip F. Rehbock, eds (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 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 Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries Beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994 edited by D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally (Sydney: International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences, 1994), pp. 163-171.. Details
Journal Articles
- Carr, Paul F.; Jones, Brian G.; and Middleton, Robert G., 'James Dwight Dana in Australia and the glendonite connection', Australian journal of mineralogy, 22 (2) (2020), 5-12. Details
- Igler, David, 'The questions they asked: Joseph Banks and naturalists in the Pacific Ocean', Journal for maritime research, 21 (1/2) (2019), 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/21533369.2019.1705574. Details
- Mason, Alan, 'In the beginning: James Dwight Dana and the Wilkes Expedition', Historical Studies Group Newsletter (Geological Society of New Zealand), 31 (2006), 16-33. Details
- Moyal, Ann, 'Friends, Savants and Founders: W.B. Clarke and J.D. Dana', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 145 (2012), 54-8. Details
- Mozley, Ann, 'James Dwight Dana in New South Wales, 1839-1840', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 97 (1964), 185-91. Details
- Truswell, Elizabeth M., 'Encounters with James Dwight Dana', TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter, 164 (2012), 23-7. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q315366. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/27128721. Details
- 'Dana, James Dwight (1813-1895)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1181881. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 20 February 2018
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