Background
Swezey, Goodwin Deloss was born on January 10, 1851 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Lewis Samuel and Sarah (Cook) Swezey.
Swezey, Goodwin Deloss was born on January 10, 1851 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Lewis Samuel and Sarah (Cook) Swezey.
Bachelor of Arts, Beloit (Wisconsin) College, 1873, Master of Arts, 1876. Yale Division School, 1873-1874, 1875-1876. Bachelor of Divinity, Andover (Massachusetts) Theological Seminary, 1880.
Studied summer schools of University of Illinois and Indiana U.
Instructor natural sciences, Beloit College, 1874-1875, 1876-1879. Professor, Doane College, Crete, Nebraska 1886-1894. Meteorologist, Nebraska State Board Agriculture, 1891-1900.
Professor astronomical and meteorology, University of Nebraska, since 1896.
Director Nebraska Weather Service, 1884-1896. Meteorologist, United States Experiment Station, Lincoln, 1894-1906.
Author: New Elementary Agriculture (with others), 1903. Practical Exercises in Astronomy, 1904.
Boys’ Book of Astronomy, 1929.
Home: Lincoln, Nebraska
Married Mary Frances Hill, August 7, 1884 (died 1891). Children: Mistress Minnie Elmendorf, Emma Josephine, Marien Francis.