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  James 
  Dwight 
  Dana. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  honors 
  which 
  fall 
  to 
  the 
  successful 
  worker 
  in 
  science, 
  

   Professor 
  Dana 
  received 
  a 
  large 
  number, 
  but 
  his 
  mind 
  was 
  too 
  

   free 
  from 
  pride 
  or 
  ostentation 
  to 
  dwell 
  upon 
  them. 
  It 
  would 
  

   be 
  most 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  his 
  habit 
  to 
  omit 
  any 
  detailed 
  

   statement 
  here, 
  but 
  this 
  account 
  would 
  then 
  lack 
  completeness. 
  

  

  In 
  1872 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  conferred 
  on 
  him 
  

   the 
  Wollaston 
  medal, 
  " 
  in 
  acknowledgement 
  of 
  his 
  services 
  to 
  

   Mineralogy 
  and 
  Geology." 
  In 
  1877 
  he 
  received 
  the 
  Copley 
  

   gold 
  medal 
  from 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  Society 
  of 
  London, 
  " 
  for 
  his 
  Bio- 
  

   logical, 
  Geological 
  and 
  Mineralogical 
  investigations, 
  carried 
  on 
  

   through 
  half 
  a 
  century, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  valuable 
  works 
  in 
  which 
  

   his 
  conclusions 
  and 
  discoveries 
  have 
  been 
  published." 
  In 
  1892 
  

   the 
  Boston 
  Society 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  conferred 
  upon 
  him 
  

   their 
  " 
  Grand 
  Walker 
  prize 
  of 
  $1000 
  for 
  distinguished 
  services 
  

   in 
  Natural 
  History." 
  

  

  Professor 
  Dana 
  was 
  elected 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science 
  in 
  1854 
  and 
  in 
  August 
  

   of 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  delivered 
  his 
  retiring 
  address 
  at 
  the 
  

   Providence 
  meeting. 
  In 
  1872 
  on 
  the 
  celebration 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   centennial 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Munich, 
  he 
  received 
  the 
  degree 
  

   of 
  Ph.D. 
  and 
  in 
  1886 
  at 
  the 
  Harvard 
  celebration 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  

   LL.D., 
  was 
  conferred 
  upon 
  him. 
  The 
  latter 
  degree 
  had 
  been 
  

   earlier 
  given 
  by 
  Amherst 
  College 
  in 
  1853 
  and 
  was 
  also 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Edinburgh 
  in 
  1886. 
  He 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  original 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  in 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  since 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  made 
  corre- 
  

   spondent 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  Sciences 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  

   in 
  1836, 
  such 
  honors 
  were 
  frequently 
  conferred 
  upon 
  him, 
  until 
  

   he 
  became 
  thus 
  connected 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  

   societies 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  abroad, 
  including 
  the 
  Royal 
  

   Society 
  of 
  London, 
  the 
  Institute 
  of 
  France, 
  the 
  Royal 
  Acad- 
  

   emies 
  of 
  Berlin, 
  Vienna 
  and 
  St. 
  Petersburg 
  and 
  many 
  others. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Dana 
  leaves 
  a 
  widow, 
  four 
  children, 
  and 
  four 
  

   grandchildren. 
  

  

  The 
  photograph 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  accompanying 
  plate 
  was 
  

   made 
  was 
  taken 
  about 
  six 
  weeks 
  before 
  his 
  death. 
  

  

  E. 
  s. 
  D. 
  

  

  