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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000347b.htm person Dana James Dwight AACR2 12 February 1813 14 April 1895 Place of Birth Uitca, New York, United States of America Place of Death New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America Geologist Mineralogist James Dana was one of the foremost geologists and mineralogists in the United States in the nineteenth-century. After completing his studies he served in the U.S. Navy and was for several years assistant in the chemical laboratory at his alma mater Yale College. In 1838 he was appointed geologist and mineralogist to the United Stated Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes. The Expedition was to conduct a scientific and hydrologic survey of the Pacific islands, Antarctica and the northwest coast of America. Dana spent three months in New South Wales after the Expedition arrived in November 1839. During this time he investigated the coal measures and collected fossils at Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, and explored the Illawarra district with William B. Clarke. His detailed conclusions of these investigations of the palaeontology and stratigraphy, published in 1849, supported Clarke's opinion as to the formation of the coal beds. The Expedition returned to the U.S. in June 1842. He spent the next few years preparing his reports on the Expedition. Dana was Silliman Professor of Natural History and Geology, Yale College from 1850 to 1892. In 1882 the Royal Society of New South Wales awarded him its Clarke Medal. 1833 1833 Education - Graduated from Yale College, New Haven Connecticut, U.S.A. 1833 1835 Career position - Teacher of mathematics to midshipmen in the Navy 1836 1837 Career position - Assistant, Chemical laboratory, Yale College, New Haven Connecticut, U.S.A. 1837 1842 Career position - Mineralogist and geologist, United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Charles Wilkes 29 November 1839 29 November 1839 Career event - Arrived in Sydney with the United States Exploring Expedition 19 March 1840 19 March 1840 Career event - Departed from Sydney with the United States Exploring Expedition 1850 1892 Career position - Silliman Professor of Natural History and Geology, Yale College, New Haven Connecticut, U.S.A. 1854 1854 Award - Elected Member, American Philosophical Society 1874 1874 Award - Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London 1877 1877 Award - Copley Medal, Royal Society, London 1882 1882 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1890 1890 Career position - President, Geological Society of America Hale, Horatio Emmons (1817 - 1896)

Served together on United States Exploring Expedition

 Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878)

Explored the Illawarra district together 1839 - 1840

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1882

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 'Dana, James Dwight', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dana, James Dwight Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The questions they asked: Joseph Banks and naturalists in the Pacific Ocean Igler, David The questions they asked: Joseph Banks and naturalists in the Pacific Ocean 2019 Journal for maritime research 21 1/2 62-75 Conference Paper: James Dwight Dana and Sydney Basin Geology Middleton, R. G.; Jones, B. G.; and Carr, P. F. James Dwight Dana and Sydney Basin Geology Sydney International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences 1994 Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries Beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994 D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally 163-171 Book Section: This Coral Episode: Darwin, Dana and the Coral Reefs in the Pacific Stoddart, David R. This Coral Episode: Darwin, Dana and the Coral Reefs in the Pacific Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 1994 Darwin's Laboratory: Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific Roy MacLeod and Philip F. Rehbock 21-48 Book: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.: geology Dana, James D. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.: geology New York Geo. P. Putnam 1849 Book: The life of James Dwight Dana: scientific explorer, mineralogist, geologist, zoologist, professor in Yale University Gilman, Daniel C. The life of James Dwight Dana: scientific explorer, mineralogist, geologist, zoologist, professor in Yale University New York Harper & Brothers 1899 Journal Article: Darwin, Dana, Dieffenbach and Taylor's observations on the Bay of Islands‒Kaikohe Volcanic Field, 1835-1843 Hayward, Bruce Darwin, Dana, Dieffenbach and Taylor's observations on the Bay of Islands‒Kaikohe Volcanic Field, 1835-1843 2025 Journal of historical studies, Geoscience Society of New Zealand 84 13-28 Journal Article: James Dwight Dana in Australia and the glendonite connection Carr, Paul F.; Jones, Brian G.; and Middleton, Robert G. James Dwight Dana in Australia and the glendonite connection 2020 Australian journal of mineralogy 22 2 5-12 Book Section: Dana, James Dwight (1813-1895), mineralogist and geologist Mozley, Ann Dana, James Dwight (1813-1895), mineralogist and geologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 278-279 Journal Article: In the beginning: James Dwight Dana and the Wilkes Expedition Mason, Alan In the beginning: James Dwight Dana and the Wilkes Expedition 2006 Historical Studies Group Newsletter (Geological Society of New Zealand) 31 16-33 Journal Article: James Dwight Dana in New South Wales, 1839-1840 Mozley, Ann James Dwight Dana in New South Wales, 1839-1840 1964 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 97 185-91 Journal Article: Encounters with James Dwight Dana Truswell, Elizabeth M. Encounters with James Dwight Dana 2012 TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter 164 23-7 Journal Article: Friends, Savants and Founders: W.B. Clarke and J.D. Dana Moyal, Ann Friends, Savants and Founders: W.B. Clarke and J.D. Dana 2012 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 145 54-8 Journal Article: Inaugural address Tate, Ralph Inaugural address 1893 Report of the fifth meeting of the Ausatralasian Association for the Advancement of Science 5 1-69 Microfilm Collection Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Microfilm Collection MS 067 Dana, J. D., Geological observations of NSW, pp.114-537; Daintree, R. Notes of certain modes of occurrence of gold in Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 1878, xxxiv, pp.431-438; Musgrave, Anthony (1895-1959). Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1931-1958; Royal Society of London. Correspondence concerning the Great Melbourne Telescope in three parts, 1852-1870; Sir Grafton Elliot Smith material. 0.05 m, 1 box Microfilm Clarke Family Papers - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Clarke Family Papers - Records ML MSS 139 1789 - 1879 Records of W.B. Clarke in the Clarke Family Papers 1789-1948: personal records including correspondence 1822-78, diaries 1833-78, financial and legal documents 1818-76, records regarding associations with various societies 1820-77; records dealing with his clerical duties 1821-78; correspondence concerning scientific and personal interests 1819-78 arranged alphabetically by correspondent (20 files); records dealing with geology including field books 1820-72, maps 1824-39, gold exploration and discovery in Australia 1848-69, reports 1829-77, newspaper cuttings 1841-78; records dealing with meteorology including observation notebooks 1824-75, extracts from ships' logs 1841-57, 'Observations on the causes and phenomena of hot and pestiferous winds: especially with the hot winds of Australia' 1839+, records on the Nass Valley, 1843-51, the gale of April 1842, a meteor at Newcastle 1846, solar eclipses 1845-61, newspaper cuttings 1834-66. 60 boxes approx. Microform William Branwhite Clarke - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science William Branwhite Clarke - Records MS 028 1842 - 1876 Microfilm and photocopies of correspondence from the William Branwhite Clarke papers held at the Mitchell Library. 0.05 m Microfilm