Adam Seybert
Adam Seybert | |
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Member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district | |
In office 1809-1815 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Say |
Succeeded by | William Milnor |
In office 1817-1819 | |
Preceded by | William Milnor |
Succeeded by | Thomas Forrest |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 16, 1773
Died | May 2, 1825 Paris, France | (aged 51)
Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Adam Seybert (May 16, 1773 – May 2, 1825) was an American politician who served as a
Early life and education
Seybert was born on May 16, 1773, in
Political career
In 1809, Seybert was elected to the
Mineralogy
Seybert established the first mineralogy collection in the United States in the 1790s. The collection contained over 1,725 crystals and rocks. The noted mineralogist, Benjamin Silliman, was known to have traveled to Philadelphia to view the collection,[10] and have Seybert analyze minerals from Silliman's collection.[3] In 1812, Seybert sold his mineralogy collection to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.[11] His political career took priority over his interest in mineralogy, and when Parker Cleaveland wrote to him in December of 1813 with questions on mineralogy, he replied that he had lost interest in the science.[11]
Legacy
After Seyberts' death, his mineralogy collection was put on display at the Free Natural History Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.[10]
The University of Pennsylvania philosophy department named a chair in the department the Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. The chair was funded by Adam's son, Henry Seybert. The duties of the chair included hosting the Adam Seybert committee which investigated the possibility of the spirit world. The committee met from 1883 to 1887 but was unable to discover any evidence and subsequent holders of the chair were freed from continuing the investigations.[4]
Publications
- Experiments and Observations on Land and Sea Air, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1799
- An Inaugural Dissertation: Being an Attempt to Disprove the Doctrine of the Putrefaction of the Blood of Living Animals., Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1793
- Statistical Annals: Embracing Views of the Population, Commerce, Navigation, Fisheries, Public Lands, Post-Office Establishment, Revenues, Mint, Military and Naval Establishments, Expenditures, Public Debt and Sinking Fund of the United States of America, Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson & Son, 1818
References
Citations
- ^ a b c "Seybert, Adam 1773-1825". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b Greene 1969, p. 286.
- ^ a b Gordon, Samuel G. (1922). The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. p. 5. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Department History". philosophy.sas.upenn.edu. The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. American Philosophical Society. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Adam Seybert". www.amacad.org. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Sewards to Seymore". politicalgraveyard.com. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ Robinson, Moncure (March 1883). "Obituary Notice of Henry Seybert". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 21 (114): 260–261. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Adam Seybert". www.remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ . Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b Greene 1969, p. 288.
Sources
- Greene, John C. (1969). The Development of Mineralogy in Philadelphia, 1780-1820. The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 9781422371428.