Awards & Winners

James Dwight Dana

Date of Birth 12-February-1813
Place of Birth Utica
(Oneida County, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Geologist, Mineralogist, Zoologist, Volcanologist
James Dwight Dana was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world.

Awards by James Dwight Dana

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1882


Clarke Medal
(Geology)

1877


Copley Medal
(For his biological, geological, and mineralogical investigations, carried on through half a century, and for the valuable works in which his conclusions and discoveries have been published.)