Silliman, Benjamin

Ct., 1779-1864. A chemist of distinction, profe or of chemistry at Yale University, 1802-55, and the founder in 1818 of Silliman’s Journal of Science and Art. Journal of Travels in England (1810); Narrative of a Visit to Europe (1853); Elements of Chemistry; Consistency of Modern Geology with Sacred History. See Life by G. P. Fisher; American Journal of Science, May, 1865; Popular Science Monthly, June, 1883.