Background
Chauvenet, William was born on May 24, 1820 in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Marc and Mary B. (Kerr) Chauvenet.
Astronomer mathematician university chancellor
Chauvenet, William was born on May 24, 1820 in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Marc and Mary B. (Kerr) Chauvenet.
Graduate with high honors Yale, 1840.
Professor mathematics in Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1841, serving on United States Ship Mississippi. Influenced organization of the United States Naval Academy, 1845, department chairman mathematics and astronomy, 1853-1855. Professor Washington University, Saint Louis, 1855-1869, chancellor, 1862-1869.
Elected member American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
An incorporator National Academy Sciences. President American Association for the Advancement of Science Author: A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, 1850.
A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy, 1863. A Treatise on Elementary Geometry with Appendices Containing a Collection of Exercises for Students and an Introduction to Modern Geometry, 1870.
Member American Philosophical
Married Catherine Hemple, 1842.