Benjamin Silliman
(1779-1864)
American chemist
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Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 – November 24, 1864) was an early American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to distill petroleum in America, and a founder of the American Journal of Science, the oldest continuously published scientific journal in the United States.
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8 August 1779 North Stratford, Connecticut, USA
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24 November 1864 (aged 85) New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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