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Samuel L. Penfield

American chemist, professor, Yale University (1856–1906)
Person human Q2218559

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
January 16, 1856
Date of death
August 12, 1906
Place of birth
Catskill
Place of death
South Woodstock
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
chemist, university teacher, mineralogist, scientist
Employer
Yale University[11]
Described by source
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18][19]
Family name
Penfield[16]
Given name
Samuel[17]
Member of
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[12][13][14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Smithsonian Names[20]
Place of burial
Catskill Village Cemetery[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Penfield S L en Samuel Lewis Penfield en Samuel L. Penfield en Samuel Penfield
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000118560186
VIAF cluster ID
12598994
Library of Congress authority ID
no2015147791
GND ID
116077026
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Samuel Lewis Penfield (1856–1906).png ↗
Academic Tree ID
52478
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/78754
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15094181s
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116077026
FAST ID
1951888
Find a Grave memorial ID
115690029
Freebase ID
/m/05m4m48
Show all 24 identifiers +12
IdRef ID
092216536
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116077026
NLA Trove people ID
1165623
NUKAT ID
n2009090351
National Academy of Sciences member ID
20001609
National Virtual Library of India ID
600277
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
284181390
Open Library ID
OL2496376A
Treccani ID
samuel-lewis-penfield
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
samuel-lewis-penfield
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpJdR334FcJpmBhqbjDMP
Yale LUX ID
person/0ed918c7-77e2-43d8-aa27-d2fef1fbdaee

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Summary

Samuel L. Penfield was born on January 16, 1856[1], in Catskill[2]. He died on August 12, 1906[3], in South Woodstock[4]. He worked as a chemist[5], university teacher[6], mineralogist[7], and scientist[8].

FAQs

Where was Samuel L. Penfield born?

Samuel L. Penfield was born in Catskill[2].

Where did Samuel L. Penfield die?

Samuel L. Penfield passed away in South Woodstock[4].

What did Samuel L. Penfield do for work?

Samuel L. Penfield worked as a chemist[5], university teacher[6], mineralogist[7], and scientist[8].

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  1. [2] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Freebase ID → /m/05m4m48
    Place of birth → Catskill
    Library of Congress authority ID → no2015147791
    Date of birth → +1856-01-16T00:00:00Z
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