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John Muir on the Corwin

"Renowned naturalist John Muir made a number of voyages with Healy during the 1880s as part of an ambitious scientific program." This is at least a bit misleading and needs a reference. As I understand it Muir made one voyage on the Corwin, in 1881. C.L. Hooper was Captain; Healy was First Officer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dankarl (talk • contribs) 22:02, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Still don't get this, but see where it came from. USCG bio has the statement; but other places, C.L. Hooper is captain of the Corwin in 1881. Muir made no other trips on the Corwin; he was basically out of science 1882-1887, and when he went north in 1890 it was on commercial vessels.Dankarl (talk) 21:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Concentrate on Michael in this article

There is an article on the Healy family, as well as individual ones for the other two brothers. I don't think there should be as much info here on the family - it will be hard to keep several articles accurate, and this one should concentrate on Michael, rather than repeating so much of what is in the family and other articles. I intend to edit it to do that.Parkwells (talk) 02:11, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

False, Propagandistic Picture

A PBS documentary on Healy focuses on his role as a martinet, viciously enforcing discipline against reluctant sailors in service of capitalist masters, and deals with the two trials he underwent for violation of duty, following which he was relieved of duty for four years. Healy ultimately degenerated into alcoholism, attempted suicide, and was brought back to port and classified as insane. This article entirely omits these vital details for understanding this complex person in its sychophantic concern to praise his every action, and as such is below Wikipedia's standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.198.164.6 (talk) 21:15, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is rather strong - Healy had a volcanic temper and got in trouble with his superiors from time to time, but he had a long and successful career during which he was the highest US government official in Alaska for lengthy periods of time. The Coast Guard thought enough of him to name a cutter after him in the 1990s. I think the article's somewhat heroic portrayal is at least somewhat justified. Stewart king (talk) 17:54, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clark or Smith

We have a reference (Reference 1) that states that Michael Healey's mothers name Eliza Clark [1]and another that states that the name was Mary Elisa Smith (Reference 2) [2]. Which is it? One is obviously wrong. Cuprum17 (talk) 19:04, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage Date must be wrong

It can't be 1829, as the groom wouldn't yet have been born... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.192.84.197 (talk) 02:49, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]