Background
Tuttle, Charles Wesley was born on November 1, 1829 in Newfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Moses and Mary (Merrow) Tuttle.
Tuttle, Charles Wesley was born on November 1, 1829 in Newfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Moses and Mary (Merrow) Tuttle.
Attended Harvard Law School, 1854, A. M. (honorary), 1854. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Dartmouth, 1880.
Assistant, Harvard Observatory, 1850. Made his most important contribution to astronomy by explaining Saturn’s “dusky” ring, 1850. Discovered a comet, 1853.
Computed cometary orbits and ephemirides.
Participated in eclipse expedition to summit of Mount Washington, 1854. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1856.
Practiced, Boston, 1856. Admitted to practice in the United States circuit courts, 1858, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1861.
Took testimony for use before Court of Alabama Claims, 1874.
Made historical and antiquarian studies of Maine and New Hampshire (U.S.) Author: Captain John.
Married Mary Louisa Park, January 31, 1872.