| 词条 | Ezra Otis Kendall |
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| name = Ezra Otis Kendall | image = Ezra Otis Kendall portrait.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1818|05|17}} | birth_place = Wilmington, Massachusetts | death_date = {{Death date and age|1899|01|05|1818|05|17}} | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}Ezra Otis Kendall was an American professor, astronomer and mathematician. He was known for his work in uranography.[1] Kendall was born on May 17, 1818 in Wilmington, Massachusetts to parents Ezra Kendall and Susanna Cook Walker.[1][2] His mother was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Francis Cooke and Stephen Hopkins.[3] In 1835, he moved to Philadelphia to study mathematics with Sears Cook Walker, his half-brother. In 1838, he became professor of mathematics and astronomy at Philadelphia's Central High School and director of the observatory.[4][6] In 1842, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society and later served as a vice-president.[4] In 1855, he became professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1883 became vice-provost and dean of the college faculty.[5] He received a Doctor of Laws, LL.D., honorary degree from the university in 1888 for his scientific work.[4] He died on January 5, 1899 in Philadelphia and is buried in the Saint Luke's Episcopal Churchyard.[4][6] Works
References1. ^{{cite book|title=Wilmington Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, from 1730 to 1898|chapter=Births|last1=Kelley|first1=James E.|date=1898|url=http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Wilmington/Images/Wilmington_B053.shtml|page=53}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Cutter|first1=William Richard|title=New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial|date=1914|page=1106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdAUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1106}} 3. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Jones|editor1-first=Emma C. Brewster|title=The Brewster Genealogy, 1566–1907|date=1908|publisher=The Grafton Press|pages=167–8|url=https://archive.org/stream/brewstergenealog190801jone#page/166/mode/1up}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|editor1-last=Johnson|editor1-first=Rossiter|editor-link1=Rossiter Johnson|title=The Biographical Dictionary of America|date=1906|chapter=Kendall, Ezra Otis}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|title=University Bulletin|date=March 1899|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|pages=200–202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TK4hAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA200|chapter=Obituary – Ezra Otis Kendall}} 6. ^{{Find a Grave|82766536|Ezra Otis Kendall| author=Nancy Eliason Walker| date=December 31, 2011}} External links{{Commons category}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kendall, Ezra Otis}} 5 : 1818 births|1899 deaths|People from Wilmington, Massachusetts|American astronomers|19th-century American mathematicians |
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