Background
Gingrich, Curvin Henry was born on November 20, 1880 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry and Ellen (Kindig) Gingrich.
Gingrich, Curvin Henry was born on November 20, 1880 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Henry and Ellen (Kindig) Gingrich.
Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, 1903, Master of Arts, 1905. University of Chicago, summers, 1909-1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912. Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago), 1911-1912.
Doctor of Science, from Dickinson College, 1941.
1 daughter, Gertrude. Teacher of mathematics, Maryville Seminary, Missouri, 1903-1905. Northwest Missouri College, Albany, 1905-1907, Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, 1907-1909.
Instructor mathematics, 1909-1912, professor mathematics and astronomy since 1912, acting dean, 1914-1915, dean, 1915-1917.
Assistant to the president, and registrar, 1917-1919, Carleton College. At Mount Wilson Observatory, 1921-1922.
In charge courses in astronomy, Columbia, summers, 1929, 30. Lecturer Adler Planetarium, summers, 1931, 32, 33.
Research assistant at McCormick Observatory, summer 1935.
Associate editor Popular Astronomy, 1912-1926, editor since 1926. Astronomical work at Goodsell Observatory, Carleton College, principally micrometric measures of comet positions and double stars, also celestial photography and photographic determinations of positions of asteroids. Stellar photometry.
Member American Astronomical Society, Mathematics Association America, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Kappa Sigma.
Married Mary Ann Gross, August 10, 1915.