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George John Seabury
Born(1844-11-10)November 10, 1844
New York, New York
DiedFebruary 13, 1909(1909-02-13) (aged 64)
New York, New York
Resting placeRosedale Cemetery
Orange, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forpharmaceutical manufacturer
Political partyRepublican
SpouseElla Green Bensen
Children4
Parent(s)Michael J. Seabury (Seeberg),
Agnes Z. Calender
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George John Seabury (November 10, 1844 – February 13, 1909) was an American chemist and pharmacist. In 1874 he and Robert Wood Johnson invented a new type of adhesive bandage.

Biography

Seabury was born in New York on November 10, 1844. He was the son of Michael Seeberg, an immigrant from Baden, Germany. He served in the Army during the early part of the American Civil War. He first enlisted as a drummer boy in the Twelfth Regiment and served for more than a year in the Army of the Potomac.

Together with Robert Wood, Seabury improved on the medicated adhesive plaster by introducing a rubber base. This new adhesive surgical dressing reduced sepsis in wounds.

Seabury died at his home in New York on February 15, 1909. He first suffered an attack of influenza and was followed by pneumonia, which caused his death. He is buried in Orange, New Jersey's Rosedale Cemetery.

Works

  • Shall Pharmacists Become Tradesmen (1899)
  • The Constructive and Reconstructive Forces Essential to Maintain American International Supremacy (1902)

References

  1. Benjamin, Marcus, Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies. 1928–1936.
  2. ^ The Pacific Pharmacist. San Francisco, CA: Galen Publishing Company. 1908. p. 8.
  3. Alfred, Randy (2012). Mad Science: Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World. Little, Brown. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-316-20818-5.
  4. Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2015). The Civil War Era and Reconstruction: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural and Economic History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45790-9.
  5. "George J. Seabury". New-York Tribune. February 15, 1909. p. 7. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Rosedale Cemetery Walking Guide of Notable Interments" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2022.
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