Silliman, Benjamin
chemist, author, was born Dec. 4, 1816, in New Haven, Conn. He was a professor of chemistry at Yale university from 1846 until his death, and editor of Silliman's Journal.
He was the author of First Principles of Chemistry; American Contributions to Chemistry; and Principles of Physics. He died Jan. 14, 1885, in New Haven, Conn.
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN DOUGLAS, lawyer, state legislator, was born Sept. 14, 1805, in Newport, R. I. He was elected to the New York legislature in 1838. In 1865 he was appointed United States attorney for the eastern district of New York.