Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924

Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Collection

Identifier: Mss .H681-.H682

Dates: 1902-1924

Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Edmund Otis Hovey papers

Allen, Jerome Lee (1891-1955) (Associative with Related)

Description

AMNH curator of geology, Hovey was named by AMNH to be Chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised Crocker Land from New York. He headed north in 1915 to bring the men home, but was on the George B. Cluett when it got stuck in the ice and he ended up spending two years in the Arctic with the expedition team.

Dates

1915 - 1917
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) (Associative with Related)

Description

Edmund Hovey was an AMNH curator who acted as chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised the Crocker Land Expedition from New York. He traveled in 1915 to bring the men home and he ended up spending two years in the Arctic.