Arthur Martyn Mattoon

Background

Mattoon, Arthur Martyn was born on September 12, 1855 in Maxtown, Ohio, United States. Son of Henry Martyn and Julia Ledyard (Hempstead) Mattoon.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Marietta (O.) College, 1880, Master of Arts, 1883. University of Cambridge, England, 1903-1904.

Career

Instructor mathematics, Albany (Oregon) College, 1880-1883, College of Montana, 1883-1887. Principal Bozeman (Montana) Academy, 1887-1889. Professor mathematics, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, 1889-1890.

Principal Elgin (Illinois) Academy, 1890-1891.

Professor mathematics and astronomy and director Charles Smith Scott Observatory of Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1892-1912, professor emeritus, 1912-1917. Professor mathematics and astronomy, Albany (Oregon) College, since 1917.

Author: Essentials of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, 1895 (3d edit, 1907). Introduction to the Theory of Equations, 1906.

Achievements

• Arthur Martyn Mattoon has been listed as a noteworthy astronomer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Eliza Alberta Bailey, August 2, 1882.

Father:

Henry Martyn Mattoon

Mother:

Julia Ledyard (Hempstead) Mattoon

Spouse:

Eliza Alberta Bailey