Astronomer (gravitation, cosmology). On the faculty of University of Chicago, 1893-1896; professor of mathematics, U.S. Navy, 1899-1930.
Astronomer and geometer. Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4, 1961-1968, gives a lengthy biographical description beginning with his birth in 1866 near Montgomery, Mo. He received his B.A., L.B and S.B. from the University of Missouri and his M.A. and Ph. D. from the University of Berlin. He was in charge of the observatory at the University of Missouri 1887-1889, volunteered at the observatory at the University of Berlin, organized and had charge of the Department of Astronomy and aided in the the organization of Yerkes Observatory at the University of Chicago, 1893-1896. He was astronomer at Lowell Observatory 1896-1898 with 24-inch Clark refractor at Flagstaff, Arizona and at City of Mexico. This work led to the discovery of approximately 600 new double stars and the remeasurement of 1,400 double stars. He was professor of mathematics and head of the observatory at the U.S. Naval Academy beginning in 1899. He authored numerous books and papers, many of which were published abroad as well as in the United States.
Astronomer (gravitation, cosmology). On the faculty at University of Chicago (1893-1896); and professor of mathematics, U.S. Navy (1899-1930).
Astronomer and mathematician.
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, born 19 February 1866 in Missouri, was an astronomer and mathematician who established laws of the Formation of the Solar System and founded the science of cosmogony.
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Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, born 19 February 1866 in Missouri, was an astronomer and mathematician who established laws of the Formation of the Solar System and founded the science of cosmogony.