Mohawk Valley connection: Born in Utica, NY
Claim to fame: Renowned geologist, mineralogist and naturalist.
Did you know? Dana published "A System of Minerology," which became a standard text.
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James Dwight Dana was born in Utica, NY in 1813. He graduated from Yale in 1933. His studies in the United States and across the world proved to be a catalyst for change of the time's understanding of mountains, volcanos, oceans and continents.
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