Title: A professor, a president, and a meteor
Description: Describes how Professor Benjamin Silliman, beginning with his investigation of a meteorite that fell over Weston, Connecticut in the winter of 1807, inspired a generation of American scientists.
Subjects: Science, Scientists, Biography, History, Silliman, benjamin, 1770-1864, Scientists, biography, Science, history, united states, History, 19th Century
Places: United States
People: Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)
Time periods: 19th century