Geologist, zoologist James Eights — Antarctic explorer Ebenezer Emmons — geologist; named the Adirondack Mountains Asa Fitch — natural historian and entomologist Asa Gray — botanist James Hall — First New York State Geologist Joseph Henry — Developed electromagnetism Eben Norton Horsford — scientist Douglass Houghton — doctor, chemist, geologist Mary Mason Lyon — founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps — natural scientist and educator John Leonard Riddell — botanist, geologist and author Abram Sager — professor of zoology, botany, obstetrics, and physiology John Torrey — botanist Emma Willard — founder of Troy Female Seminary See also Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin Henri de Saint-Simon Saint-Simonianism Bibliography Duane Isely, One hundred and one botanists, Iowa State University Press (1994), p. 143-144 Ray Palmer Baker, A Chapter in American Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1924., Charles Scribner's Sons: NY(1924). Palmer C. Ricketts, History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824–1934. John Wiley & Sons: NY (1934, Third Edition). Amos Eaton, John Batchelder, and Stephen Williams lectures on medical jurisprudence. 1821–1824. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 326. References Further reading Spanagel, David I. DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York (Johns Hopkins University Press; 2014) 288 pages External links An index to the geology of the northern states (1818) - full digital facsimile at Linda Hall Library A botanical dictionary 1776 births 1842 deaths Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty Yale College alumni Williams College alumni People from Chatham, New York 19th-century American botanists Scientists from New York (state) Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) Educators from Dedham, Massachusetts