Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies (Platinum Classics Series)

Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies (Platinum Classics Series)

by David Peck Todd
Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies (Platinum Classics Series)

Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies (Platinum Classics Series)

by David Peck Todd

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original tex

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BN ID: 2940012282194
Publisher: Platinum Editions
Publication date: 02/17/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 754 KB

About the Author

Todd was born in Lake Ridge, New York, the son of Sereno Edwards Todd and Rhoda (Peck) Todd. He prepared at John C. Overhiser's School, Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Columbia University from 1870 to 1872, then at Amherst College from 1873 to 1875, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in the class of 1875. He earned his M.A. from Amherst in 1878, and a Ph.D. from Washington and Jefferson College in 1888.
Todd worked at the US Naval Observatory from 1875 to 1878, and at the US Nautical Almanac Office from 1878 to 1881. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of astronomy and director of the observatory at Amherst College, and from 1917 onward he was professor emeritus there. From 1882 to 1887, he was also a professor of astronomy and higher mathematics at nearby Smith College.
Todd married Mabel Loomis on March 5, 1879, and had one daughter, Millicent. His wife had had an affair with William Austin Dickinson, the (married) brother of Emily Dickinson. The affair was an open secret in Amherst, and David Todd seems to have accepted it willingly. A collection of the two lovers' letters were published in Austin and Mabel: The Amherst Affair & Love Letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd
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