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Language(s)
  
Middle English

Variant(s)
  
Seagar

Seeger is the surname of various people, including an extended family of American musicians.

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Etymology

Seeger is one of the variant forms of Seagar, a surname of Middle English origin based on the given name Segar, which was formed from Old English ("sea") and gar ("spear").

Seeger family of musicians

  • Charles Seeger (1886–1979), American musicologist, composer, and teacher
  • (i) Constance Edson Seeger, violinist; first wife of Charles; three children(ii) Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist; second wife of Charles; 4 children
  • Alan Seeger (1888–1916), American poet; brother of Charles
  • Elizabeth Seeger (1889–1973), teacher at Dalton School and author; sister of Charles and Alan
  • Others

  • Al Seeger (born 1980), a boxer from the United States
  • Charles M. Seeger (b. 1948), American author and attorney
  • Daniel Seeger (b. 1934), defendant in a case on conscription of pacifists
  • Hal Seeger (1917–2005), an animated cartoon producer and director
  • Louis Seeger (1798–1865), a German equestrian
  • Melanie Seeger (b. 1977), German race walker
  • "Seeger" may also reference either of two legal cases involving the individuals above:

  • United States v. Seeger, regarding Daniel Seeger's conscription
  • Seeger v. United States, regarding Pete Seeger's refusal to testify in front of the HUAC
  • Schools

  • Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School in West Lebanon, Indiana
  • Elizabeth Seeger School in Greenwich Village, established in 1971 by five teachers from Dalton School
  • References

    Seeger Wikipedia


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