Main entry:

Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960.

Title & Author:

Benjamin Silliman, 1779-1864, pathfinder in American science, by John F. Fulton and Elizabeth H. Thomson.

Publication:

New York, Schuman [©1947]

Description:

ix, 294 pages illustrations, portraits 22 cm.

Series:

Yale Medical Library. Historical Library. Publication ; no. 16

Notes:
Life of science library series.
"Bibliography and sources": pages 279-284.
Connecticut boyhood, 1779-1801 -- The Young professor of chemistry, 1802-1805 -- A year abroad, 1805-1806 -- Meteors and minerals, 1806-1812 -- Founding a medical school, 1810-1813 -- War years and family problems, 1812-1818 -- Launching a journal of science, 1818 -- Geology and Genesis -- Widening sphere of influence, 1819-1833 -- The first college gallery of art, 1830-1832 -- Presenting science to the public, 1834-1857 -- The mining consultant -- The Sheffield scientific school, 1846-1853 -- Europe revisited, 1851 -- His successors, 1853 -- Professor emeritus, 1853-1864 -- Silliman's legacy to science and education.

Subject:

Silliman, Benjamin, Sr., 1779-1864.
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864.
Silliman, Benjamin 1779-1864
Silliman, Benjamin.
Science history
Biological Sciences.
Scheikundigen.
Geologen.
Scientists United States Biography.

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographie.
Biographies

Added entries:

Thomson, Elizabeth Harriet, 1907-1991.
Publication (Yale Medical Library. Historical Library) ; no. 16.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 24767
Call No.: ID:88-B11038
Status: Available