Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924

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Edmund Otis Hovey was a geologist and museum curator. He joined the American Museum of Natural History in 1894 as assistant curator in the Dept. of Geology and Paleontology, becoming associate curator in 1901 and curator in 1910. He was also acting administrator of the museum for two brief periods.

Hovey's main areas of interest were volcanoes, earthquakes and meteorites. He traveled all over the world, taking photographs and collecting specimens from major geological events, most notably to Martinique and Saint Vincent for the eruptions of Mount Pelée and Soufrière, 1902-1903, and the resulting destruction of the city of Saint-Pierre on Martinique; to San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906; and to Portland, Or., to study the Willamette meteorite. He also visited mines and caves in the U.S., including Luray Caverns in Virginia. Hovey's longest journey began in 1915, heading the museum's rescue effort for the members of the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. Due to ice conditions, Hovey was forced to spend the year of 1916 in Greenland. Hovey was also a productive writer and editor, with approximately 150 articles to his credit, and serving as editor of The American Museum journal (later Natural history magazine) during its first ten years from 1900 to 1910, and of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences from 1908 to 1916. He was a delegate to several international geological congresses and secretary of the Geological Society of America from 1907-1922.

From the description of Papers, 1902-1924. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 56123580

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Malcolm Rutherford Thorpe papers, 1913-1952 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn George F. Becker Papers, 1814-1928, (bulk 1870-1919) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917). Papers, 1907-1922. American Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924. Papers, 1902-1924. American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn Records, 1911-1921. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930. Papers, 1922-1926 (bulk 1925-1926). American Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Arctic field photographs, 1913-1917. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Papers, 1922-1926, 1925-1926 (bulk). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Thorpe, Malcolm Rutherford, b. 1891. Malcolm Rutherford Thorpe papers, 1913-1952 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Ferguson, Elizabeth Tuttle, 1861-1952. Papers, 1881-1952 1884-1925. Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library
creatorOf Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924. Manuscript material on the Crocker Land Expedition / by Edmund Otis Hovey. American Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Borup, George, 1885-1912. Correspondence, 1908-1912. American Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Hall of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology geological museum photographs, 1910-1952. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Records, 1877-1909. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Albert S. Bickmore papers, 1854-1914 (bulk 1865-1903). American Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924. [Newspaper and magazine clippings on the eruption of Mt. Pelee]. American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period Houghton Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Virginia--Luray
Arctic regions
United States
Saint-Pierre (Martinique)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Pelée, Mount (Martinique)
Soufrière (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
New York (State)--New York
Greenland
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Caves
Earthquakes
Geologists
Invertebrates, Fossil
Invertebrates, Fossil
Meteorites
Mines and mineral resources
Natural history museum curators
Natural history museums
Paleontology
Rocks
Rocks
Volcanoes
Willamette meteorite
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Birth 1862

Death 1924

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