Background
Douglass, Andrew Ellicott was born on July 5, 1867 in Windsor, Vermont, United States. Son of Review Malcolm and Sarah E. (Hale) Douglass.
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Andrew Ellicott Douglass
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Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1889, honorary Doctor of Science, 1908. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Arizona, 1938.
Career
Assistant Harvard College Observatory, 1889-1894. 1st assistant astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1894-1901. Probate judge Coconino County, Arizona, 1903-1906.
Instructor Northern Arizona Normal, 1905-1906.
Professor physics and astronomy U. Arizona, 1906-1918, acting president December 1910-May 1911, dean College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 1915-1918, director Steward Observatory, 1918-1938, emeritus 1938-1962, professor astronomy 1918-1962. Professor dendrochronology 1936-1962.
Director Laboratory of Tree Ring Research 1937-1958, emeritus, 1959-1962. Research associate Carnegie Institution Washington, 1925-1938.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science (president South.W. division, 1921). Member National Geography Society (honorary life), American Philosophical Society, American Meteorological Society (vice president, 1924-1925), Southern California Academy Science, Arizona Archeological and History Society (president 1929-1930), American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society Pacific, Phi Beta Kappa (president Arizona chapter 1934-1935), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi (president Arizona chapter, 1930-1931), Psi Upsilon.
Connections
Married Ida East. Whittington, August 3, 1905.
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Nationality
American