Frank Parkhurst Brackett

Background

Brackett, Frank Parkhurst was born on June 16, 1865 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of S. H. and Mary (Thomas) Brackett.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1887, Master of Arts, 1890, Doctor of Science, 1927. Honorary fellow, Clark University, 1902-1903.

Career

Instructor mathematics and astronomy, 1888-1890, professor mathematics, 1890-1924, professor astronomy, 1924-1933, director observatory, 1908-1933, professor emeritus since 1933, chairman of faculty, 1927-1930, Pomona College, California. Also chairman faculty Claremont Colleges, 1930-1932. Professor mathematics, University of California, summer 1910, member Smithsonian Astronomical Expedition to Africa, 1911, to Mount Whitney, 1913.

Secretary Local Exemption Board, 1917-1918.

Director Solar Eclipse Expedition to the Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, 1923, to Ramm’s Ranch and Honey Lake, California, 1930. Trustee C.R.B. Ednl. Foundation, Belgian American Ednl.

Foundation.

Achievements

• Frank Parkhurst Brackett has been listed as a noteworthy astronomer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association of America, Astron, Society America, Royal Astronomical Society Canada, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa. Lecturer and writer on astronomical subjects.

American delegate of Common for Relief in Belgium, Province of Brabant, 1916.

Connections

Married Lucretia Burdick, August 15, 1889 (died 1937). Children: Mary Amanda (deceased), Frederick Sumner, Frank Parkhurst.

Father:

South. H. Brackett

Mother:

Mary (Thomas) Brackett

Spouse:

Lucretia Burdick

child:

Frank Parkhurst Brackett

child:

Frederick Sumner Brackett

child:

Mary Amanda Brackett (deceased)