John Gummere (1784-1845) was an American astronomer and one of the founders of Haverford College in Pennsylvania.[1] He was born in 1784 near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.[2] His son Samuel James Gummere (1811-1874) was the first president of Haverford College, and his grandson Francis Barton Gummere (1855-1919) was an influential scholar of folklore and ancient languages and an alumnus of Haverford College.
In 1814, Gummere was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.[3]
Gummere built the first observatory at Haverford College (erected about 1834), now commemorated by a plaque at its original location, after being replaced by the Strawbridge Observatory in 1850.[4]
Bibliography
edit- Practical Astronomy, 1812
- Mathematical Tables, 1822
- A Treatise on Surveying, 1822
- An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy, 1842
References
edit- ^ "Francis Barton Gummere", John Matthews Manly, Modern Philology, September 1919, p. 241-246
- ^ John Gummere day book (MC.975.11.013), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ Hayton, Darin. "Strawbridge Observatory". Retrieved 27 February 2018.
External links
edit- Works by John Gummere at Online Books, UPenn.
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