Benjamin Silliman and His Circle: Studies on the Influence of Benjamin Silliman on Science in America History of Technology Here we see the "father

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set a very high standard for all those who would undertake such work

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Benjamin Silliman and His Circle: Studies on the Influence of Benjamin Silliman on Science in America History of Technology Here we see the "fatherWilson, Leonard G., ed. Benjamin Silliman played a unique role in American science before the Civil War. In his various roles as a professor at Yale, as editor of the American Journal of Science, and as a public lecturer in every major city, he taught science to the whole nation. He established science as a regular part of college education and helped to found graduate education to train professional scientists for the new nation. Primarily a teacher,