Background
Avers, Henry Godfrey was born on March 6, 1886 in Elmore, Ohio, United States. Son of John H. H. and Elizabeth (Nieman) Avers.
Avers, Henry Godfrey was born on March 6, 1886 in Elmore, Ohio, United States. Son of John H. H. and Elizabeth (Nieman) Avers.
Ohio Northern University, 1906-1908. Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1913.
With United States Coast and Geodetic Survey since 1908, chief mathematician Division of Geodesy since 1924.
Member Mathematics Association America, Philosophical Society Washington, Washington Society Engineers, Washington Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Civil Engineers (secretary division of surveying and mapping), American Geophysical Union (chairman of the section of geodesy, 1932-1935), American Astronomical Society, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Member National Geography Society Committee of Experts which determined that Commander Byrd reached North Pole by airplane, 1926 and the South Pole in 1929. Mason (32°, Shriner).
Club: Cosmos.
Married Helen Nelson, May 24, 1924.
