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| Birth: | 8 Aug 1779 in North Stratford, Trumbull, CT |
| Death: | 24 Nov 1864 in New Haven, New Haven, CT |
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| Harriett Trumbull (Wife) b. 2 Sep 1783 in Lebanon, New London, CT
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| Marriage: | 17 SEP 1809 in Lebanon, New London, CT |
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 Benjamin Silliman, Jr b. 4 Dec 1816 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
 Henrietta Frances Silliman b. 30 Apr 1823 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
- Julia Silliman b. 1826 in Norwich, N. London, CT
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He was born while his father was a prisoner with the British forces and his mother had left the family home in Fairfield for a temporary place of safety. He graduated from Yale in 1796 andstudied law. He became a tutor at Yale and in 1802 was appointed Professor of Chemistry and Natural History.
Yale’s earliest museum collection, a miscellaneous assortment of natural and artificial curiosities from around the world, was begun in the eighteenth century and was typical of college collections of the time.
Systematic collecting of specimens for purposes of teaching and research began with the appointment in 1802 of Benjamin Silliman as Professor of Chemistry and Natural History. Silliman’s focus was the outstanding mineral collection he built for Yale, which he used in his pioneering teaching of geology and mineralogy. It became an important source of public entertainment and one of the principal attractions of New Haven for visitors. Silliman College at Yale is named after Benjamin Silliman, Sr
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