Background
Boothroyd, Samuel Latimer was born on August 10, 1874 in Loveland, Colorado, United States. Son of Philip Henry and Edith Margaret (Latimer) Boothroyd.
Boothroyd, Samuel Latimer was born on August 10, 1874 in Loveland, Colorado, United States. Son of Philip Henry and Edith Margaret (Latimer) Boothroyd.
Bachelor of Science, Colorado, A.&M. College, 1893, Master of Science, 1904. University of Colorado, 1 semester, 1893-1894, University of Chicago, 1894-1895, Cornell Univercity, 1904-1908.
Professor mathematics and astronomy, Mount Morris (Illinois) College, 1895-1897. Assistant astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1897-1899. Associate professor physics, engineering, Colorado A.&M. College, Fort Collins, 1902-1904.
Instructor сivil engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1904-1908, assistant professor topographic and geodetic engineering, 1908-1912.
Associate professor mathematics and astronomy, University of Washington, 1912-1917, associate professor astronomy, 1917-1921. Professor astronomy and geodesy, Cornell Univercity, 1921-1942, professor emeritus, June 30, 1942.
Teacher navigation, Naval Training Station, Cornell Univercity, November 1942-September 1945. In charge field work, Arizona Meteor.
Expedition, Harvard, Cornell, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, 1931-1932.
Assistant surveyor Alaskan Boundary Commission, summers 1905-1909. Teacher of navigation, Naval Training Station, University of Washington, during World War I.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Alice Bell, January 12, 1898. Children: Philip Douglass, Robert Samuel, Lucy Elizabeth, Mary Alice.