Background
WOODWARD, Robert Simpson was born in 1849 in Rochester, Michigan, United States. Of New England ancestry.
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Robert Simpson WOODWARD
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Rochester Academy; University of Michigan (Civil Engineer 1872. Doctor of Philosophy 1892). Honourable Doctor of Laws, Wisconsin, 1904.
Honourable Doctor of Science University Pennsylvania and Columbia University 1905.
Career
Assistant engineer, United States Lake Survey, 1872-1882. Astronomer, United States Transit Venus Commission, 1882-1884. Astronomer, United States Geological Survey, 1884-1890.
Assistant, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1890 - 93. Professor of Mechanics and Mathematical Physics, Columbia University 1893-1905. Dean School Pure Science, Columbia University 1895-1905. President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia (United States.).
Membership
Clubs: Century Association, New York, N.Y.; Cosmos, University, Washington, D.C.
