James Dwight Dana
American
Lineage
- Son: Arnold Guyot Dana
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1838/08/18 | United States South Seas Exploring Expedition departs Hampton Roads. | Mineralogist and Geologist | Monitor-Merrimac Overlook Park | Hampton | United States Exploring Expedition | ||
| 1840/06/00 | Dana writes from the Fiji Islands that the natives are cannibals who prefer roasted white men. | Mineralogist and Geologist | Fiji | United States Exploring Expedition | |||
| 1840/12/11 | Lt Wilkes leads a contingent of scientists to the summit of Mauna Loa, December 1840 and 13 January 1841 | Mineralogist and Geologist | Wilkes Campsite | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | United States Exploring Expedition | ||
| 1842/06/10 | US Exploring Expedition arrives home in New York. | Mineralogist and Geologist | United States Exploring Expedition | ||||
| 1849/00/00 | Dana House built for James Dwight Dana, 1848-49 | Home | James Dwight Dana House | New Haven, CT | |||
| 1862/00/00 | "Manual of Geology" by James Dana is published. The book depicts geology as a vast, global experience, showing from the beginning of time how the interaction of air, water, heat and pressure underlay the evolution of the earth. | Author | James Dwight Dana House | New Haven, CT | |||
| 1895/04/14 | Although in good health, James Dwight Dana dies at home. | Died | James Dwight Dana House | New Haven, CT |
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