Background
Davis, Herman Stearns was born on August 6, 1868 in Milford, Delaware, United States. Son of Thomas Josiah and Mary Jane (Potter) Davis.
Davis, Herman Stearns was born on August 6, 1868 in Milford, Delaware, United States. Son of Thomas Josiah and Mary Jane (Potter) Davis.
Preparatory education, Wilmington Conference Academy, Dover, Delaware, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Princeton, 1892, graduate study, 1892-1893, Master of Arts, 1912. University fellow in astronomy, Columbia, 1893-1895, Master of Arts, 1894, Doctor of Philosophy, 1895.
1 son, Herman Stearns. Assistant astronomer, United States eclipse expedition to West. Africa, 1889-1890. Teacher of astronomy and geodesy, Columbia, 1895-1899.
Lecturer, Board of Education, New York City, 1896-1899, 1905-1907.
Assistant United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1900. Director International Latitude Observatory, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1900-1905.
Construction engineering and auditor, New York City and Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, 1905-1910.
Secretary to president Gulf Refining Company, Pittsburgh, 1910-1920.
Secretary-treasurer Indian River Fruit & Vegetable Company, Indian River Grove & Farming Company, Dupont Land Company, Indian River Corporation, Matson Oil Corporation Astronomer, Carnegie Institution, National Academy Sciences. American editor Astronomischer Jahresbericht, 1900-1914. Director New Reduction of Piazzi’s Star Catalog, since 1895.
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Married Coreita Register Hoffecker, May 24, 1894.