Dana, James Dwight, American mineralogist and geologist, born at Utica, New York State; was associated as scientific observer with Commodore Wilkes on his Arctic and Antarctic exploring expeditions, on the results of which he reported; became geological professor in Yale College; author of works on mineralogy and geology, as also on South Sea volcanoes (1813‒1895).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Dana, Charles Anderson * Dana, Richard Henry