Collection: Samuel Stehman Haldeman papers | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of letters received by Samuel Stehman Haldeman from various correspondents, including C. B. Adams, Joseph Leidy, Josiah Clark Nott, and Noah Webster. The letters concern matters of linguistics and natural history.

One item of particular interest in the collection is Joseph Leidy's description of a new genus of crustacean.

Dates

1838 - 1873

Creator

Haldeman, Samuel Stehman (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Stehman Haldeman, scientist and philologist, was born in Locust Grove, Pennsylvania, on 12 August 1812. He married Mary A. Hough in 1835. Haldeman died in Chickies, Pa., on 10 September 1880.

Haldeman attended Dickinson College, then assisted Henry Darwin Rogers, geologist of Pennsylvania, from 1836 to 1842. He was professor of natural history (1851-1855) and professor of comparative philology (1868-1880) at the University of Pennsylvania. Haldeman also held teaching posts at the Pennsylvania Agricultural College and Delaware College.