Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1810, Aug. 4 | Born, Charleston, S.C. |
1829 | Graduated, South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C. |
1831-1834 | Tutor in math, South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C. |
1834-1835 | Acting professor of mathematics, South Carolina College, Charleston, S.C. |
circa 1835 | Studied at the Sorbonne and the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France |
1836 | M.D., Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C. |
1838-1892 | Professor of mathematics, astronomy, and physics, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C. |
1848 | Married Anna Barnwell Constructed Charleston Observatory, Charleston, S.C. |
1854 | Published "Path of the Storm of Eighth of Sept. 1854," Charleston Evening News |
1856 | Published "Monograph of Genus of Cryptopodia," Proceedings of Elliott Society of Natural History |
1858 | Published "Discovery of New Species of Fir in Mountains of North Carolina, Allied to Abies Canadensis. Proposed to call it Ab. Carolinensis," Proceedings of Elliott Society of Natural History |
1860 | Published "Remarkable Flight of Thousands of Butterflies of Genus Callidryas Across Charleston Harbor," Canadian Entomologist, vol. 12, p. 60 |
1887 | Published "Observations Made upon the Earthquake of Thirty-first of Aug.," Proceedings of Elliott Society of Natural History |
1892-1894 | Professor emeritus, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C. |
1894, Nov. 21 | Died, Charleston, S.C. |