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Astronomer Librarian university professor
He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1846 to Jeremiah and Sarah Holden.
From 1862-1866, he attended Washington University in Saint Louis, where he obtained a Bachelor of Surgery degree.
He later trained at West Point in the class of 1870. In 1873 he became professor of mathematics at the United States Naval Observatory, where he made a favorable impression on Simon Newcomb. On August 28, 1877, a few days after Asaph Hall discovered the moons of Mars Deimos and Phobos, he claimed to have found a third satellite of Mars.
Further analysis showed large mistakes in his observations.
He was director of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1881 to 1885. He discovered a total of 22 NGC objects during his work at Washburn Observatory.
He was president of the University of California from 1885 until 1888, and the first director of the Lick Observatory from 1888 until the end of 1897. He resigned as a result of internal dissent over his management among his subordinates.
In 1901 he became the librarian of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he remained until his death.
The asteroid 872 Holda, the crater Holden on the Moon and the crater Holden on Mars are all named in his honor. He is credited with designing the rolled stainless steel gauge present in most modern fire extinguishers.
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He was elected a member of the American National Academy of Sciences in 1885.