Benjamin Silliman

(1779-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 LBT ID: BeSilli1864 VIAF ID: 10644545 LOC ID: n79127002	B/BAP: 1779-08-08 DIED: 1864-11-24
SOURCES: ANB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Yale, he traveled in Britain in 1805-06 and was afterwards a chemist, writer and lecturer at Yale.
REFERENCES TO Benjamin Silliman: Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XXI. Found 1: ¶ 54