Noah Miller Glatfelter
Dr. Noah Miller Glatfelter was an American physician, genealogist, and amateur botanist and mycologist who lived in St. Louis, Missouri between 1867 and 1911. He served as a surgeon for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was in private practice as a physician from the 1870s to 1907. In retirement his interests turned to botany and mycology seven fungi have been named for him.
Noah Miller Glatfelter was born November 28, 1837 in York Co. Pennsylvania. He began his schooling in Millersville, Pennsylvania, and taught mathematics in Lebanon. He also took an early interest in the natural sciences, taking a course in geology, and organizing a display cabinet of rocks and minerals for his school. In 1862, he began his study of medicine under John Light Atlee, at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania on March 12, 1864, and was appointed as a medical cadet on March 30, and immediately after became an assistant surgeon.
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