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Louis Livingston Seaman

Louis Livingston Seaman, FRGS (October 17, 1851 – January 31, 1932) was an American surgeon who served in the United States Army, and a writer of many works. He was born in Newburgh, New York.

After earning an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1872, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876 and from University Medical College, New York City in 1877. He became connected with several hospitals in New York City. Seaman made a tour around the world in 1886.

During the Spanish–American War, he served as surgeon of the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers, in time attaining the rank of major. He was among the military attachés and observers in the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria. Seaman also personally met Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zuolin.

At the outset of World War I in 1914 he offered his services to the Belgian army and reported as a Red Cross surgeon.

He died at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York on January 31, 1932.

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