Background
Spear, Joseph was born on August 25, 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Spear, Joseph was born on August 25, 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
AB, Harvard University, 1913. AM, Boston University, 1933.
With astronomical computer project with Doctor Percival Lowell, Boston, 1913. Instructor mathematics and German University Maine, 1913-1915. Associate editor United States Investor, Boston, 1915-1918.
Instructor mathematics Northeastern University, 1919, professor, chairman department, 1920-1958, professor, from 1958. Television lecturer on mathematics, from 1957.
Lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Mathematics Association American, American Mathematics Society, American Society Engineering Education, Association Teachers of Mathematics New England, Northeast Track and Field Officials Association, Northeast Amateur Athletic Union, 301st Field Artillery Veterans Association, Masons.
Son of Jacob and Mary (Rosenberg) son of. Married Gertrude Mandelstam, July 17, 1921. Children: Charles George, Harold Samuel.