William Hartman was a noted conchologist. William Dell Hartman was born on December 24, 1817. [1]
HARTMAN, William Dell, naturalist, b. in Chester county, Pa, 24 Dec., 1817. His grandfather and great-grandfather were Revolutionary soldiers. His father was George Hartman, who was an officer in the war of 1812, and afterward a major general of Pennsylvania militia. The son was graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1839, and has since practised this profession with success. When at school he showed a fondness for the natural sciences and at the age of fifteen was mentioned by Dr William Darlington in his "Flora Cestrica" as "a zealous and promising young botanist." He successively made himself acquainted with all the branches of natural history, but paid special attention to conchology. He has made a large collection of shells which is especially rich in partulæ and achatinellæ. His collection of the latter excels those in the British museum and the Jardin des Plantes. and he has published bibliographic and synonymic catalogues of it. In connection with Dr. Ezra Michener, he issued an illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the fresh water and land shells of Chester county, Pa. (1870). He has also contributed to scientific publications and for years has corresponded with scientists in America and Europe.
1899 Dr William Dell Hartman died on August 16 at West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania and was buried at Oaklands Cemetery, West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Dr William Dell Hartman was born on December 24, 1817. [2]
Naturalist. He married Mary Jane Kable on December 3, 1841 and they had children William Livingston, John Kabel, Helen, and George Hartman. Dr. William Dell Hartman was a member of the Academy of Science at Philadelphia, and during his career as professor he made a fine collection of shells which was eventually purchased by the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh.
1899 Dr William Dell Hartman, spouse of Mary Jane Hartman, died on August 16 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was born on December 24, 1817, son of George Hartman and Edith White Hartman. [3]
[1] Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Find A Grave Memorial 94157931, [FindAGrave].
[3] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].