Later Life
In 1865, Whitney was appointed to the Harvard faculty in order to found a school of mines. He was allowed an indefinite leave of absence to complete his work in California. When the survey work was definitively ended in 1874, Whitney returned to Harvard and opened the school of mines, which was quickly merged a year later into the Lawrence Scientific School. He held his position as professor of geology for the rest of his life.
Whitney married Louisa Goddard on July 5, 1854, and daughter Eleanor Goddard Whitney was born on November 29, 1856. He named Lake Eleanor in Yosemite National Park for his daughter, who died in 1882. Josiah Whitney died at Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, on August 18, 1896.
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