Alvin Seale

Alvin Seale (born on July 8, 1871 and died on July 28, 1958) was a naturalist known for his aquarium design and as an ichthyologist.
Early life
Alvin Seale was born on July 8, 1871 in Fairmount, Indiana, to a family of Quakers. In 1892 he left the farm where he had grown up, and rode all the way to California on a bicycle to attend Stanford University under the tutelage of the renowned ichthyologist David Starr Jordan.
Education
Seale proved himself to be an excellent student of zoology, and if everything would have gone according to the usual schedule, he should have graduated Stanford in 1896. In 1896, while still an undergraduate, Seale was picked by Professor Jordan, along with fellow student Norman B. Scofield, to go to Point Barrow in Alaska. His mission was to look for salmon in the Mackenzie River.
* Quest for the Golden Cloak and Other Experiences of a Field Naturalist (1946)
Letter to John Muir
On August 23, 1904 Seale wrote a letter to the famed naturalist John Muir, in Martinez, California. The letter thanks Muir for sending to Seale Muir’s book “The Mountains of California.” Seale also wonders if Muir was happy with the “small panel of Koa wood” that he left for Muir in his steamer cabin. He also hopes that Muir and Seale will be able to “call for a few hours some day within a week or two.” He explains that he would like to speak to him about forestry.

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