Background
Very, Frank Washington was born on February 12, 1852 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Washington and Martha Needham (Leach) Very.
Very, Frank Washington was born on February 12, 1852 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Washington and Martha Needham (Leach) Very.
Bachelor of Science (in chemistry), Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1873.
Instructor, physical laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1877. Astronomer at Allegheny (Pennsylvania) Observatory, 1878-1895. Adjunct Professor astronomy and instructor in geology, Western University of Pennsylvania, 1890-1895.
Acting director Ladd Observatory and professor astronomy, Brown University, 1896-1897, completing, at own expense, research on Atmospheric Radiation, published as bulletin “G” by United States Weather Bureau, 1900.
Special agent United States Weather Bureau, 1900. Director Westwood Astrophysical Observatory, since 1906.
Foreign 10 years Professor Langley’s principal assistant. Made many original investigations.
Swedenborgian.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Astronomical Society. Member Academy Arts and Sciences, Utrecht, Holland.
Frequent contributor to leading scientific magazines and to publications of the New Church Demonstrated that the solar constant exceeds 3.5 c.g. minister.
Married Portia Mary Vickers, April. Children: Alice Needham (Mistress Edmund R. Brown), Marjorie Vickers, Arthur Oldfield, Eleonora Virginia, Ronald Winthrop.