Eben Jenks Loomis

Eben Jenks Loomis
Born November 11, 1828
Oppenheim, New York
Died December 2, 1912
Fields Astronomy
Institutions American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

Eben Jenks Loomis (November 11, 1828 December 2, 1912)[1] was an American astronomer, born in Oppenheim, New York. He attended the Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard) in 1851-53; was assistant in the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac office from 1850 until his retirement in 1900. During this time he also held the position of special assistant at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.[2]

Loomis was a member of the United States eclipse expedition to Africa in 1889. He is author of Wayside Sketches (1894); An Eclipse Party in Africa (1896); and A Sunset Idyl, and Other Poems (1903).[3]

He was the father of Mabel Loomis Todd.[4]

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  1. http://yufind.library.yale.edu/yufind/Record/24520
  2. Representative Women of New England by Julia Ward Howe - Google Books, page 277
  3.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  4. Representative Women of New England by Julia Ward Howe - Google Books
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