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Also Known As James Dwight Dana
Born February 12, 1813 • Utica • New York
Died April 14, 1895 (aged 82) • New Haven • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1877)
Notable Works “A System of Mineralogy”
Subjects Of Study classification • coral island • coral reef • evolution • mineral

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