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James Dwight Dana
Mineralogist
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James Dwight Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist and zoologist. He conducted groundbreaking research into mountain formation, volcanic phenomena, and the development of continents and ocean basins worldwide, work that placed him among the leading American earth scientists of the nineteenth century.
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