Henry Gillman
Born(1833-11-16)November 16, 1833
Kinsale, Ireland
DiedJuly 30, 1915(1915-07-30) (aged 81)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupation(s)Ethnologist, curator
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Henry Gillman (November 16, 1833 – July 30, 1915) was an ethnologist, curator for the Detroit Scientific Society,[1] a librarian at the Detroit Public Library,[2] and later he was affiliated with Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.[3] Early in his career he was a survey assistant for the U.S. Department of War and made charts of many Michigan locations.

Biography

Henry Gillman was born in Kinsale, Ireland on November 16, 1833.[4]

In 1876, Gillman, working with the Peabody Museum and with the permission of the U.S. government, excavated the remains of the Fort Wayne burial mound. His findings were published in a report and the artifacts were given to the Peabody Museum. He had opened other mounds around Detroit and the River Rouge areas as well.[3]

He served as consul of the United States to Jerusalem from 1881 to 1890.[4][5]

He died in Detroit on July 30, 1915.[5][6]

Selected bibliography

Article read before the annual meeting of the Pioneer Society, 1877.
Also available at Pure Michigan.com.

References

  1. Clarence M. Burton; William Stocking; Gordon K. Miller (1922), The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, vol. 1, Detroit: The S. J. Clarke publishing company, p. 43, ISBN 9785877163737
  2. Silas Farmer (1890), History of Detroit, p. xi, ISBN 9780722200971
  3. 1 2 James Conway (November 14, 2010), Why Detroit's Fort Wayne is Important to Native Americans, Historical Fort Wayne Coalition, retrieved September 21, 2011
  4. 1 2 Kark, Ruth (1994). "Biographies". American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832–1914. Wayne State University Press. p. 327. ISBN 9780814325230. Retrieved March 3, 2020 via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 Kark, Ruth (1994). "Biographies". American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832–1914. Wayne State University Press. p. 329. ISBN 9780814325230. Retrieved March 3, 2020 via Google Books.
  6. "Sterblichkeitsbericht" [Mortality Report]. Detroiter Abend-Post (in German). August 5, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved March 28, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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