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Asaph Hall

1829, Oct. 15 Born, Goshen, Conn. 1856 Married Chloe Angeline Stickney (died 1892) 1857 1862 Assistant, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. 1862 Aide, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 1864 Professor of mathematics, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 1877 Discovered the two moons of Mars 1891 Retired from the U.S. Naval Observatory 1897 Married Mary Bertha Gauthier 1907, Nov. 22 Died, Annapolis, Md.

Asaph Hall, Jr.

1859, Oct. 6 Born, Cambridge, Mass. 1882 A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 1882 1885 Assistant, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 1885 1889 Assistant Astronomer, Yale Observatory, New Haven, Conn. 1889 Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1889 1892 Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1889 Married Mary Estella Cockrell 1905 1908 Assistant, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 1908 Professor of mathematics, U.S. Navy 1930, Jan. 12 Died From the guide to the Asaph Hall Papers, 1837-1983, (bulk 1860-1920), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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