Stimson Joseph Brown

Background

Brown, Stimson Joseph was born on September 17, 1854 in Penn Yan, New York, United States. Son of John Randolph Brown.

Education

Educated Cornell, 1871-1872. Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1876, at head of class.

Career

He served on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, became professor of mathematics (United States Navy) in 1883, and astronomical director of the United States Naval Observatory in 1898. Having been on duty in the United States Naval Academy since 1901, in 1907 he became the head of the department of mathematics and mechanics. He was the author of Practical Algebra (1908, 1910) and Analytical Geometry and Curve Tracing (1907.

Revised edition, 1912), texts for the use of midshipmen.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, Doctorate. C. Thurston, H. T. Colby, F. M., eds.

(1905). "article name needed".

New International Encyclopedia (1st ed). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Achievements

• Stimson Joseph Brown has been listed as a noteworthy astronomer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1879-1881. Member Special Board on Naval Ordnance, since 1912.

Connections

Married Alice Graham, November 18, 1878. Married second, Elizabeth Sharp Pettit, November 12, 1913.

Father:

John Randolph Brown. Brown

Spouse:

Alice Graham

Spouse:

Elizabeth Sharp Pettit