Arthur Edmund Seaman

Arthur Edmund Seaman (1858–1937)[1][2] was a professor at Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) and curator of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum which bears his name.[2] He was born in Casnovia, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. The mineral seamanite was named in his honor.[3]

In 1899, he has named head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy at Michigan Tech.[2] In 1928, after retiring from active teaching, he was named the curator of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum.[1] In 1932, the museum was renamed the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum.[4] After Seaman's death in 1937, a bronze plaque was placed on the museum door to commemorate him.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "History". AE Seaman Mineral Museum. http://www.museum.mtu.edu/information/history.htm. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Arthur Edmund Seaman". AE Seaman Mineral Museum. http://www.museum.mtu.edu/information/Curators/aeseaman.html. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  3. ^ "Seamanite". handbookofmineralogy.org. http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/seamanite.pdf. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Seaman Mineral Museum". Michigan Technological University. http://www.mg.mtu.edu/outreach.html. Retrieved 22 October 2011.