Benjamin Silliman
American chemist
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Benjamin Silliman was an American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to use the process of fractional distillation in America. Wikipedia
Born: August 8, 1779, Trumbull, CT
Died: November 24, 1864 (age 85 years), New Haven, CT
Books: Suggestions Relative to the Philosophy of Geology, as Deduced from the Facts and to the Consistency of Both the Facts and Theory of this Science with Sacred History, Vindication of Mr. E.C. Genet's Memorial on the Upward Forces of Fluids: In Two Letters to Professor Silliman, Nova Scotia Gold Fields, and more
Children: Benjamin Silliman Jr.
Education: Yale University (1799), Yale University (1796), The University of Edinburgh, and more
Grandchild: Alice Trumbull Silliman
Partner: Harriet Trumbull