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Samuel Steman Haldeman 1812 - 1880

Samuel Steman Haldeman 1812 - 1880. ca 1880. ca 1850. Early Life. Oldest of seven children Born in Bainbridge, PA Collected native American artifacts for his own museum Also collected animal and plant specimens - skeletons - shells from along Susquehanna River

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Samuel Steman Haldeman 1812 - 1880

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  1. Samuel Steman Haldeman1812 - 1880 ca 1880 ca 1850

  2. Early Life • Oldest of seven children • Born in Bainbridge, PA • Collected native American artifacts for his own museum • Also collected animal and plant specimens - skeletons - shells from along Susquehanna River 1844 "I collected shells on the banks of the Susquehanna long before I knew the meaning of genus and species." 

  3. Adult Life • Not very religious, however born Protestant, but converted to Catholic • Married 1835 Mary Hough of Bainbridge • New home Chickies Rock, Marietta • Designed home • Designed grounds with native trees and shrubs • Two sons and two daughters

  4. Education • Attended Classical Academy in Harrisburg • Attended Dickinson College, PA • Chose to ‘self educate’

  5. Self educated by: • Attending lectures • Recording natural history observations • Taxidermy from a traveling minister • Generated a scientific library • Generated a linguistics library • At 23 refuted Locke’s “moon hoax” (Turning point in his scientific career)

  6. Turning point: Haldeman’s scientific career • At 23 refuted Locke’s “moon hoax” Great-Moon-Hoax-1835-New-York-Sun-lithograph-298px.jpg‎

  7. Practical experience • Silent partner in Iron business • Assisted father in saw mill business • Wrote articles on Blast and anthracite furnaces, Silliman’s Journal (1840’s) • Manager, the First National Bank of Marietta • Color copperplate engravings of original shells and animals (1845)

  8. Next 45 years devoted to Science • 1836- Assistant to NJ geological survey • PA geological survey • Discovered new genus and species of fossil plant • Explores many arenas of scientific study

  9. Academic Accomplishments • 1841 Professor of Zoology, Franklin Institute • 1844 membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science • 1852 Chemist and geologist at PA Agricultural Society • 1855 -1858 Professor of Natural History Delaware College at Newark • University of Pennsylvania • 1850 - 1853 Professor of Natural History • 1876 – 1888 Professor of Comparative Philology

  10. Academic Accomplishments • First to reform English words • Corresponded with Noah Webster •  Also contributed to Worchester's Dictionary,  National Dictionary, Johnson's Cyclopedia.  • Studied languages of native American (Indian) tribes • Most outstanding accomplishment was his work on the evolution of speech sounds

  11. Haldeman and Darwin • AAAS presented "Enumeration of the Recent Freshwater Mollusk Which are Common to North America and Europe, with Observations on Species and their Distribution."  • 1858 In preface to Darwin’s Origin of Species Darwin stated "In 1843-44 Professor Haldeman (Boston Journal of Natural History, United States, Vol. IV, pg. 468) has ably given the arguments for and against the hypothesis of the development and modification of species:  he seems to lean towards the side of change."  • Only American Naturalist Charles Darwin corresponded with whose opinion he valued highly

  12. Academic Accomplishments • Elected to 28 honorary societies • Started Entomological Society of Pennsylvania • President The American Philological Association • Published > 100 papers on numerous topics including: • philology • phonography • Ethnology • Aatural history - Archaeology • Aonchology • Crustacea - Entomology   • Arachnidae • Annelids   • Geology • Chemistry

  13. Major Writings • > 150 papers • A Monograph of the Limniades and other Fresh-Water Univalve Mollusca of United States. • Pennsylvania Farm Journal http://www.lancasterhistory.org/collections/archives/manuscrp/mg-0344.html

  14. Legacy • Self educated, published in many disciplines • Major American influence on Darwin’s ideas in Origin of Species • Major influence on the study of evolution of speech • Attention to detail, astute observational skills a major attribute, along with hard work - key to success

  15. Works Cited • http://www.haldemanmansion.org/Haldeman_Biography.htm • http://digital.library.villanova.edu/files/CatholicaCollection/AmericanCatholicHistoricalSociety/Records/Volume9/00013/00002.jpg • http://www.lancasterhistory.org/collections/archives/manuscrp/mg-0344.html

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