James dwight dana

betekenis & definitie

Amerik. geoloog, geb 12 Febr 1813 te Utica, staat New-York, overl. te Newhaven, staat Connecticut, 1895, schreef: Report on ZoophyLs (1846), Report on the geology of the Pacific (1849), Report on Crustacea (1854), System of mineralogy (6de druk 1892), Corals and coral-islands (1853) Manuel of mineralogy; Manuel of geology; Text book of geology; The geological story briefly told.