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 by Susan Rockwood Bradley
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Benjamin Silliman14 SmartMatches
Birth:8 Aug 1779 in North Stratford, Trumbull, CT
Death:24 Nov 1864 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
Sex:M
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Reference: 2622

Spouses & Children 
Harriett Trumbull (Wife) b. 2 Sep 1783 in Lebanon, New London, CT
Marriage: 17 SEP 1809 in Lebanon, New London, CT
Children: 
  1. DescendantsBenjamin Silliman, Jr b. 4 Dec 1816 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
  2. Henrietta Frances Silliman b. 30 Apr 1823 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
  3. 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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SmartMatches 
Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
Benjamin Silliman of Chesebro' Genealogy@Gen Circles
Benjamin Silliman of The Hull Family
Benjamin Silliman of Fish Family 2/2006
Benjamin Silliman of Mills/Ritchey & Silliman/Fisher
Benjamin Silliman of Ancestry
Benjamin Silliman of MyData.ftl
Benjamin Silliman of C:\PAFs\OURPAF.paf.ged
Benjamin Yale Silliman of Carol Finley's Family Tree
Benjamin Silliman of The Hull Family
Benjamin Silliman of Duty Williamson Family Tree
**Benjamin Silliman Senior of The Figure Eight
Benjamin Silliman of 2007gedcom
Benjamin Silliman , Sr, scientist, Prof. of TRUMBULL Family Annex
Benjamin Silliman of Marilynn Munoz Family File #2

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