Samuel Stehman Haldeman (August 12, 1812 – September 10, 1880), American naturalist and philologist, was born at Locust Grove, Pennsylvania.
Haldeman was educated at Dickinson College. He visited Texas in 1851 to investigate the presidency of an institution there, but declined the position. On his return trip from Texas, he was offered the position of president of Masonic College in Selma, Alabama, which he accepted and held from January to October 1852. In 1852 (apparently listed by some sources as 1851 in error), he was appointed professor of the natural sciences in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1855 he went to Delaware College, where he filled the same position, but in 1869, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania as professor of comparative philology. Haldeman remained there until his death, which occurred at Chickies, Pennsylvania.
His writings include:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.