Josiah Whitney
Josiah Whitney
Josiah Dwight Whitney was an American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University, and chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874). Through his travels and studies in the principal mining regions of the United States, Whitney became the foremost authority of his day on the economic geology of the U.S. Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, and the Whitney Glacier, the first confirmed glacier in the United States, on Mount Shasta, were both named after him by members of the Survey.
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General Info
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Male
Date of Birth
November 23rd, 1819
Age
204
Birth Place
United States of America, Massachusetts
Date of Death
August 15th, 1896
Died Aged
76
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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William Dwight Whitney
Brother
Josiah Dwight Whitney
Father
Maria Whitney
Sister
Sarah Williston
Mother
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