Background
Willson, Robert Wheeler was born on July 20, 1853 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Edmund B. and Martha A. (Buttrick) Willson.
Willson, Robert Wheeler was born on July 20, 1853 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Edmund B. and Martha A. (Buttrick) Willson.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1873. Doctor of Philosophy, Würzburg, 1886.
Assistant Argentine National Observatory, 1873, Harvard College Observatory, 1874. Tutor in physics, Harvard, 1875-1881. Assistant astronomer, Winchester Observatory, Yale, 1881-1884.
Instructor astronomy and physics, 1891-1899, assistant professor, 1899, professor astronomy, 1903, emeritus, 1919, Harvard.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society, American Geography Society.
Married Annie Downing West, December 14, 1881.