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1859, made survey of South Australia. In 1869, succeeded Sir William Logan as 

 director of geological survey of Canada. In 1871, undertook exploring expedition 

 into British Columbia. His publications number more than eighty books and pam- 

 phlets on geological subjects. 



Biogr. Henry Woodward. Geological Magazine, London, Feb., 1899, pp. 49-55. 



H, M. Ami. American Geologist, XXXI, No. 1, Jan. 1903, pp. 1-21. 



Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate. Geologist and educator. 



Born in Newport, Ky., February 20, 1841. Graduated from Harvard in 1862. 

 Instructor zoology and geology Lawrence Scientific School, 1868-1872; professor 

 paleontology, 1868-1887, and since then professor geology, Harvard University; 

 director, Kentucky geological survey, 1873-1880. 

 Shepard, Charles Upham. Mineralogist. 



Born in Little Compton, R. I., June 29, 1804; died in Charleston, S. C, May 1, 

 1886. Graduated from Amherst College in 1824. Assisted Professor Silliman at Yale 

 College, 1827-1845. State mineralogist of Connecticut, 1835-1837; 1845-1852; and 

 1861-1877, professor of chemistry and natural history in Amherst College, Massachu- 

 setts. During 1854-1861 and 1865-1869, professor of chemistry at South Carolina 

 Medical College, Charleston. 



Biogr. Am. Journ. Science, XXXI, 1886, ]>. 482. 

 Shumard, Benjamin Franklin. Paleontologist. 



Born in Lancaster, Pa., November 24, 1820; died in St. Louis, Mo., April 14, 1869. 

 Educated as a physician, but early became interested in paleontology. Contributed 

 to Owen's Report on the Geology of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. In 1850, 

 accompanied Doctor Evans on his geological reconnaissance of Oregon. In 1853, was 

 appointed assistant geologist and paleontologist of the Missouri geological survey 

 under G. C. Swallow. State geologist of Texas, 1858-1861. His work was almost 

 wholly of a paleontological nature. 



Biogr. Amer. Geol., IV, No. 1, July, 1899, pp. 1-6. 



Am. Journ. Science and Arts, XLVIII, 1869, p. 294. 



Silliman, Benjamin. Chemist and educator. 



Born in New Stratford (now Trumbull), Conn., August 8, 1779; died in New 

 Haven, Conn., November 24, 1864. Professor of chemistry and natural history at 

 Vale College, New Haven, Conn., 1802-1853. Founded the American [Silliman's] 

 Journal of Science in 1818. Was noted as teacher, public lecturer, and writer more 

 than an original investigator. 



Am. Journ. of Science and Arts, XXXIX, May, 1865, p. 1. 



George P. Fisher. Life of Benjamin Silliman, N. V., Scribner & Co., 1866. 



Memoir of Benjamin Silliman by Alexis Caswell. Mem. Nat. Acad, of Sri., I, 1877. 



Biogr. Pop. Sci. Monthly, XXIII, June, 1883, pp. 259-266. 



Silliman, Benjamin, Jr. Chemist. 



Born in New Haven, Conn., December 4, 1816; died in New Haven, January 14, 

 1885. In 1837-1846, assistant professor, and 1837-1885, professor of chemistry at Yale 

 College. 

 Smith, C. D. Clergyman. 



Born in Buncombe County, N. C, April 1, 1813. By profession a Methodist 

 clergyman, but during a portion of 1859 and 1860 was connected with the geological 

 survey of North Carolina under Ebenezer Emmons. Was also for a time connected 

 with the State survey under W, C. Kerr. 

 Smith, Eugene Allen. Geologist. 



Born in Washington, Autauga County, Ala., October 27, 1841. Graduated from 

 University of Alabama, 1862. In 1 865-1 868, studied in Germany, returning to America 

 and becoming assistant to Dr. George Little on geological survey of Mississippi. In 

 1871 became professor of geology and mineralogy in University of Alabama, and in 

 1873 was appointed State geologist, which position he still holds. 



