Edmund Otis Hovey

Edmund Otis Hovey (September 15, 1862 – September 27, 1924) was an American geologist specialising in volcanoes, earthquakes and meteorites. He made his greatest impact as curator of geology at the American Museum of Natural History.[1][2]

For his grandfather, see Edmund Otis Hovey (Wabash College).

Edmund Otis Hovey
BornSeptember 15, 1862 (1862-09-15)
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedSeptember 27, 1924 (1924-09-28) (aged 62)
New York, New York
Alma materYale University
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
InstitutionsAmerican Museum of Natural History
Doctoral advisorJames Dwight Dana
Samuel Lewis Penfield
Signature

Early life and career

Hovey was born in New Haven, Connecticut and he began studying geology through the amateur interests of his father — the Rev. Horace Carter Hovey, a Presbyterian minister. The family travelled throughout Hovey's teens exposing him to a range of landscapes across the United States. He first studied at Yale University before becoming a school teacher. For the next few years he managed both teaching and postgraduate study - gaining his doctorate under James Dwight Dana in 1889.[1] He was appointed assistant curator at the American Museum of Natural History after organising a successful mineralogical exhibition at the Columbian Exposition. He began in 1894 eventually becoming curator in 1910.[2]

Fieldwork and expeditions
Steam column rising from south-east part of La Soufriere, St Vincent

Hovey travelled extensively to study geological phenomena and was often accompanied by his wife who would write up the more prosaic aspects of their travels.[3] One of his most significant voyages was to study the aftermath of the Mount Pelee and La Soufriere eruptions in 1902.[4]

He died at Roosevelt Hospital in New York on September 27, 1924.[1][5]

Hovey's fieldwork and expeditions[2]
Year Destinations Publications Example photograph
1897 Italy Mount Vesuvius
1902 Martinique and Saint Vincent
Dust covered ridge of Bunkers Hill, Richmond estate
1905 Mexico
1906 1906 San Francisco earthquake
Around 1905 Willamette Meteorite
1915-16 Greenland

References
  1. Whitlock, Herbert P. (March 1925). "Memorial of Edmond Otis Hovey" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 10: 58–59. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  2. Faughan, Traci (2011). "Edmund Otis Hovey records 1890-1919" (PDF). American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. Faughnan, Traci. "Introducing the Edmund Otis Hovey Records collection". Hidden Collections: Stories from the Archive. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  4. AMNH. "Expedition to a modern Pompeii". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. "Funeral of Late Edmund O. Hovey, Curator-Geologist, Was Held Today". The Yonkers Herald. September 29, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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