Background
Loomis, Eben Jenks was born on November 11, 1828 in Oppenheim, New York, United States. Son of Nathan and Waite. Jenks (Barber) Loomis.
Loomis, Eben Jenks was born on November 11, 1828 in Oppenheim, New York, United States. Son of Nathan and Waite. Jenks (Barber) Loomis.
He attended the Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard) in 1851-1853. Was assistant in the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac office from 1850 until his retirement in 1900.
Father of Mabel Loomis Todd. Foreign 50 years assistant in Nautical Almanac (senior assistant, 1859-1900). Retired; member United States eclipse expedition to the West Coast of Africa, 1889.
Author: An Eclipse Party in Africa, 1896.
A Sunset Idyl, and Other Poems, 1903. Home: Amherst, Massachusetts
Loomis was a member of the United States eclipse expedition to Africa in 1889.
Married Mary Alden Wilder, July 13, 1853.