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Seely, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1828-1917
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Dates of existence
1828-1917
History
Henry Martyn Seely was born on October 2, 1828, in South Onondaga, New York.
He was an educator. He received a Ph.D. from Yale in 1856. He taught at the Berkshire Medical Institute, where he received an M.D. in 1857, and at the University of Vermont. From 1861 to 1895, he was Professor of Chemistry, Natural History, and Geology at Middlebury College. In 1867-1868, he studied at Freiberg and Heidelberg, Germany. He contributed many papers to scientific journals and served as the Secretary of the Vermont Board of Agriculture from 1875 to 1878. Seely was the Prohibition candidate for Governor of Vermont in 1886 and 1888.
In 1858, he married Adelaide E. Hamblin (1832-1865), and in 1867, he remarried Sarah Jana Mathews (1849–1946). He died on May 4, 1917, in Middlebury, Vermont.