Papers of Charles W. Eliot, 1869-1976 (inclusive)

Harvard College Observatory

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In 1839, the Harvard Corporation appointed William Cranch Bond the first Astronomical Observer to the University, thereby taking the first step in establishing the Harvard College Observatory, after which the first telescope was installed in 1847. Scholars and students had studied astronomy at Harvard since the seventeenth century, but it wasn’t until a large comet sparked public interest in 1843 that donors began donating funds to build an observatory. During the tenure of the Harvar...

Searle, Arthur

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Hoyt, John W. (John Wesley), 1831-1912

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John W. Hoyt was born in Worthington, Ohio, on October 13, 1831. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1849 and went on to study at the Cincinnati Law School, Ohio Medical College and the Eclectic Medical Institute where he received his Doctor's degree in 1853. Hoyt was appointed Professor of Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence at Cincinnati and later became Professor of Chemistry at Antioch College. From 1857-1867, he published and edited an agricultural journal in Wisconsin and was the...

Agassiz, Alexander

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Winlock, Joseph

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Bache Fund

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Eliot, Charles W.

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Storer, Francis Humphreys

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