Background
Vleck, John Monroe Van was born on March 4, 1833 in Stone Ridge, New York, United States. Son of Peter and Ann (Hasbrouck) Vleck.
Vleck, John Monroe Van was born on March 4, 1833 in Stone Ridge, New York, United States. Son of Peter and Ann (Hasbrouck) Vleck.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1850. (Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1876, Wesleyan, 1900).
Father of Edward Burr V. Teacher Greenwich (Rhode Island) Academy, 1850. Assistant in Nautical Almanac Office, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1851-1853. Adjunct Professor mathematics, 1853-1857, professor mathematics and astronomy, 1858-1904 (emeritus), vice president, 1890-1903, acting president, 1872-1873, 1887-1889, 1896-1897, Wesleyan University.
Member of the United States solar eclipse expedition at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1869.
Married Ellen Maria Burr, May 2, 1854 (died 1899).