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Dana, James Dwight

mineralogist, author, was born Feb. 12, 1813, in Utica, N. Y. He was a celebrated geologist, and professor at Yale university from 1850. He was the author of System of Mineralogy; Manual of Mineralogy; Text- Book of Geology; Corals and Coral Islands; and The Geological Story Briefly Told. In 1854 he was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He died in 1895.

Dana, James Freeman

chemist, physician, author, was born Sept. 23, 1793, in Amherst, N. H. He was a chemist and physician, and the first professor of chemistry at Dartmouth college. He is the author of Epitome of Chemical Philosophy, and Outlines of the Mineralogy and Geology of Boston and its Vicinity.

He died April 14, 1827, in New York city.

Dana, John C

librarian, was born Aug. 19, 1856, in Woodstock, Vt. In 1889 he was appointed librarian of the Denver public library of Denver, Colo., which position he now fills.

Dana, John Winchester

governor, was born Jan. 21, 1808, in Fryeburg, Maine. He was governor of Maine from 1847 to 1850; and went to South America to reside in 1861. He died Dec. 22, 1867, in New Granada, South America.

Dana, Judah

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, governor, was born April 25, 1772, in Pomfret, Conn. He was judge of probate for twenty years; judge of the common pleas for nine years; one of the committee which drafted the constitution of Maine; and a member of the executive council of the state in 1834. By appointment of the governor he was a senator in congress from Maine during the years 1836 and 1837. He died Dec. 27, 1845, in Fryeburg, Maine.

Dana, Richard

jurist, was born July 7, 1699, in Cambridge, Mass. He was prominent in the anti-revolutionary movement; and was one of the associated Sons of Liberty. He died May 17, 1772.

Dana, Richard Henry

lawyer, author, was born Jan. 3, 1851, in Cambridge, Mass. While continuing the practice of law, he has been a regular contributor to the Civil Service Record, besides writing occasionally for the press on questions of political reform.

Dana, Samuel

clergyman, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Jan. 14, 1739, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1787 he was made judge of probate for Hillsborough county; and in 1793 was elected a member of the New Hampshire state senate. He died April 1, 1798, in Amherst, N. H.

Dana, Samuel

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born June 26, 1767, in Groton, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate, and its president for eight years, and served in congress in 1814-15. Subsequently he received the appointment of chief justice of the circuit court of common pleas. He died Nov. 20, 1825, in Charlestown, Mass.

Dana, Samuel Luther

chemist, author, was born July 11, 1795, in Amherst, N. H. He was a noted chemist of Lowell, who made many improvements in cotton printing, and was one of the foremost agricultural writers of his time. He was the author of Chemical Changes in the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid; Muck Mineral for Manures; and Essay on Manures. He died March 11, 1868, in Lowell, Mass.

Dana, Samuel Whittlesey

United States senator, was born Feb. 13, 1760, in Wallingford, Conn. He was a representative in congress from 1797 to 1810; and a senator in congress from Connecticut from 1810 to 1821. For many years he was mayor of Middletown, Conn. He died July 21, 1830, in Middletown, Conn.