Charles Clayton Wylie

Background

Wylie, Charles Clayton was born on June 18, 1886 in Idana, Kansas, United States. Son of Oliver Moses and Mary Ida (Ritchie) Wylie.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1908. Master of Arts, University of Missouri, 1912. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Illinois, 1922.

Career

Professor mathematics, Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, 1909-1911. Graduate assistant in astronomy, University of Missouri, 1911-1913. At United States Naval Observatory, 1913-1919.

With Ordnance Department, United States Army, 1919-1926.

Assistant in astronomy, University of Illinois 1920-1922, associate, 1922-1925. Assistant professor astronomy, State University of Iowa, 1925-1930, associate professor, 1930-1939, professor since 1939.

Achievements

• Charles Clayton Wylie has been listed as a noteworthy astronomer. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the United States Naval Observatory Eclipse Expedition, 1918. Ednl. consultant Army Air Corps, 1942-1943. Fellow Meteoritical Society (vice president, 1933-1941.

Member American Astronomical Society, Mathematics Association America, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Lirl Bunn, December 25, 1918. Children: Margaret Jean, Mary Louise, Elinor Martha, Miriam Jane.

Father:

Oliver Moses Wylie

Mother:

Mary Ida (Ritchie) Wylie

Spouse:

Lirl Bunn

child:

Elinor Martha Wylie

child:

Mary Louise Wylie

child:

Margaret Jean Wylie

child:

Miriam Jane Wylie