Clarence Elmer Comstock

Background

Comstock, Clarence Elmer was born on May 5, 1866 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Milton Lemmon and Cornelia Ann (Churchill) Comstock.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Knox College, 1888, A.M., 1891, Doctor of Science, 1938. Student Johns Hopkins University, 1892-1893, 1894-1895, University of Chicago, 1895-1896.

Career

Teacher mathematics, Blackburn U., Carlinville, Illinois, 1888-1889, Knox College, 1889-1892, 1893-1894, Princeton-Yale School, Chicago, 1896-1897. Professor mathematics, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois, 1897-1939, emeritus, 1939.

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society Mathematics Association America, Central Association Science and Mathematics Teachers (ex-president), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mathematics Association (England) Pi Gamma Museum. Club: University.

Connections

Married Lucia Gary Driggs, December 27, 1900. Children: Robert Milton (deceased), Harold Elmer, George Churchill.

Father:

Milton Lemmon Comstock

Mother:

Cornelia Ann (Churchill) Comstock

Spouse:

Lucia Gary Driggs

child:

George Churchill Comstock

child:

Robert Milton Comstock (deceased)

child:

Harold Elmer Comstock