Background
IV, Asaph Hall, was born on October 6, 1859 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Asaph and Angeline (Stickney) H.
IV, Asaph Hall, was born on October 6, 1859 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Asaph and Angeline (Stickney) H.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1882. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1889.
Assistant, United States Naval Observatory, Washington, District of Columbia, 1882-1885. Assistant astronomer, Yale Observatory, 1885-1889, Naval Observatory, 1889-1892. Professor astronomy and director of the observatory, University of Michigan, 1892-1905.
Assistant Naval Observatory, 1905-1908.
Professor mathematics, United States Navy, rank of Lieutenant, 1908. Now commander United States Navy, retired.
Married Mary Estella Cockrell, July 14, 1897.