Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1838, Dec. 2 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1857 | B.A., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. |
| 1859-1860 | Taught engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Studied astronomy under Franz Brünnow |
| 1860 | M.A., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. |
| 1861-1864 | Assisted Benjamin Apthorp Gould on longitude determinations for the United States Coast Survey |
| 1864-1866 | Guest astronomer, Observatory of Pulkovo, Russia |
| 1867-1868 | Aid, United States Naval Observatory |
| 1868-1873 | Director, Cincinnati Observatory, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1869 | Began publishing daily weather reports for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce |
| 1870 | Married Frances Martha Neal (died 1908) |
| 1871-1916 | Meteorologist, United States Signal Corps and the United States Weather Bureau |
| 1884-1916 | Professor of meteorology, Columbian (George Washington) University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1895-1916 | Lecturer on meteorology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1906 | Awarded the Franklin Medal by the American Philosophical Society |
| 1909 | Married Margaret Augusta Percival |
| 1912 | Awarded the Symons Memorial Gold Medal by the Royal Meteorological Society of London |
| 1916 | Awarded the Marcellus Hartley Medal by the National Academy of Sciences |
| 1916, Oct. 24 | Died, Washington, D.C. |