Background
Snyder, Monroe Benjamin was born on March 13, 1848 in at Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Amos Hinkle and Mary Ann (Plank) Snyder.
Snyder, Monroe Benjamin was born on March 13, 1848 in at Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Amos Hinkle and Mary Ann (Plank) Snyder.
Preparatory education Buckinghamshire County Normal and Classical school and preparatory department Pennsylvania College. Pennsylvania College, 1866-1868 and 1870. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1872, Master of Arts, 1875.
Instructor astronomy and mathematics, 1873-1880, professor, since 1880, head of department of mathematics, since 1896, in charge observatory, 1873-1897, director Philadelphia Observatory, since 1897, Central High School, Philadelphia President board examiners electrical exhibition Franklin Institute, 1884. Member and secretary United States Electrical Commission, 1884; secretary National Conference Electricians, 1884.
First to propose and plan National bureau of Standards in address, September 10, 1884, before National Conference of Electricians, which, with the comments thereon by Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), was reprinted for the 56th Congress, 1900, establishing the bureau.
Planned Philadelphia Observatory equipment, 1897-1905, which was almost wholly destroyed by fire, March 9, 1905, and was later partially restored.
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Martha Julia Sheain, July 6, 1875 (died 1879). Married second, Susan Chaplin Berry, June 14, 1882.