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63 relations: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Antiquarian Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Colonization Society, American Journal of Science, American Revolution, Bachelor of Arts, Benjamin Silliman Jr., Chemist, Christian, Colonization Societies, Connecticut, Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Daniel Coit Gilman, David McCullough, Edinburgh, Fairfield, Connecticut, Fluorite, Fractional distillation, Geology, George Bissell (industrialist), George Gibbs (mineralogist), Gold Selleck Silliman, Grove Street Cemetery, James Dwight Dana, John McClellan (chemist), Jonathan Trumbull, Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Liberia, Louvre, Mary Silliman, Master of Arts, Mineral, Mount Silliman, National Academy of Sciences, New Haven, Connecticut, Old Earth creationism, Old Mine Park Archeological Site, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Petroleum, Philadelphia, Residential colleges of Yale University, Samuel Morse, Science education, Sequoia National Park, Silliman College, Silliman Pass, Sillimanite, Simeon Baldwin, Slavery in the United States, ..., Stream, Tellurium, Timothy Dwight IV, Topaz, Trumbull, Connecticut, Tungsten, United States, United States Congress, University of Pennsylvania, Weston meteorite, Weston, Connecticut, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. Expand index (13 more) »
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States of America.
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American Antiquarian Society
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American history and culture.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity.
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American Colonization Society
The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, commonly known as the American Colonization Society (ACS), was a group established in 1816 by Robert Finley of New Jersey which supported the migration of free African Americans to the continent of Africa.
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American Journal of Science
The American Journal of Science (AJS) is the United States of America's longest-running scientific journal, having been published continuously since its conception in 1818 by Professor Benjamin Silliman, who edited and financed it himself.
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.
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Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.
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Benjamin Silliman Jr.
Benjamin Silliman Jr. (December 4, 1816 – January 14, 1885) was a professor of chemistry at Yale University and instrumental in developing the oil industry.
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Chemist
A chemist (from Greek chēm (ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchimista) is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry.
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Christian
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Colonization Societies
A number of Colonization Societies which promoted the return of Negroes to Africa have existed in the history of the United States.
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Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences is a learned society founded in 1799 in New Haven, Connecticut "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest and happiness of a free and virtuous people." Its purpose is the dissemination of scholarly information.
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Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic.
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David McCullough
David Gaub McCullough (born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is an affluent town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
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Fluorite
Not to be confused with Fluoride. Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2.
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Fractional distillation
Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions.
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Geology
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
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George Bissell (industrialist)
George Henry Bissell (November 8, 1821 – November 19, 1884) is often considered the father of the American oil industry.
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George Gibbs (mineralogist)
George Gibbs (January 7, 1777 – August 6, 1834) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector.
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Gold Selleck Silliman
Gold Selleck Silliman (1732–1790) was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, graduated from Yale University and practiced law and served as a crown attorney before the American Revolution.
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Grove Street Cemetery
Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, that is surrounded by the Yale University campus.
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James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist.
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John McClellan (chemist)
John McClellan (1810 – 14 May 1881) was a chemist and industrialist who established one of the first chemical factories in Widnes, Lancashire, England.
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Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (October 12, 1710August 17, 1785) (the original spelling "Trumble" was changed for an unknown reason) was the only man who served as governor in both an English colony and an American state, and he was the only governor at the start of the American Revolutionary War to take up the Patriot cause.
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Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (March 26, 1740 – August 7, 1809) was an American politician who served as the second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
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Louvre
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France.
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Mary Silliman
Mary Fish Noyes Silliman (1736-1818) was a matriarch in Revolutionary and post-colonial Connecticut, USA, whose moral authority and determined spirit helped her family weather the hardships of war, illness, and debt.
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Master of Arts
A Master of Arts (Magister Artium; abbreviated MA; also Artium Magister, abbreviated AM) is a person who was admitted to a type of master's degree awarded by universities in many countries, and the degree is also named Master of Arts in colloquial speech.
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Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occurring chemical compound, usually of crystalline form and not produced by life processes.
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Mount Silliman
Mount Silliman is a mountain in California along the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park The summit, at is on the Sillman Crest, a part of the Kings-Kaweah Divide.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Old Earth creationism
Old Earth creationism is a form of creationism which includes gap creationism, progressive creationism, and evolutionary creationism.
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Old Mine Park Archeological Site
The Old Mine Park Archaeological Site is a historic site in the Long Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut section of Trumbull, Connecticut.
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Peabody Museum of Natural History
The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University is among the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world.
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Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Residential colleges of Yale University
Yale University has a system of fourteen residential colleges with which all Yale undergraduate students and many faculty are affiliated.
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Samuel Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
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Science education
Science education is the field concerned with sharing science content and process with individuals not traditionally considered part of the scientific community.
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Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California, in the United States.
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Silliman College
Silliman College is a residential college at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, named for scientist and Yale professor Benjamin Silliman.
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Silliman Pass
Silliman Pass is a mountain pass on the border of Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park.
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Sillimanite
Sillimanite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.
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Simeon Baldwin
Simeon Baldwin (December 14, 1761 – May 26, 1851) was son-in-law of Roger Sherman, father of Connecticut Governor Roger Sherman Baldwin and the grandfather of Connecticut Governor Simeon Eben Baldwin.
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Slavery in the United States
Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Stream
A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.
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Tellurium
Tellurium is a chemical element with symbol Te and atomic number 52.
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Timothy Dwight IV
Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752 – January 11, 1817) was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author.
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Topaz
Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al2SiO4(F, OH)2.
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Trumbull, Connecticut
Trumbull is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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Tungsten
Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W (referring to wolfram) and atomic number 74.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.
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Weston meteorite
The Weston meteorite is a meteorite which fell to earth above the town of Weston, Connecticut on the morning of December 14, 1807.
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Weston, Connecticut
Weston is an affluent town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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Yale School of Medicine
The Yale School of Medicine is the graduate medical school at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Yale University
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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