Chamberlin, Humphrey B. (Humphrey Barker), 1847-1897
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Herbert Alonzo Howe Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M010
Abstract
Herbert A. Howe (1858-1926) was Professor of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics, Director of Chamberlin Observatory, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. He was instrumental in building the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory (1890) named after Humphrey B. Chamberlin. Howe oversaw the installation of the Observatory's Saegmuller telescope with its 20-inch Clark refractor. Howe's notebooks contain...
Dates:
1856-2002
University of Denver Benefactor Humphrey B. Chamberlin, between 1870-1897
Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0017.00001
Abstract
University of Denver (DU) benefactor Humphrey Baker Chamberlin, who donated $50,000 toward the construction of the Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado, poses for a portrait.
Dates:
between 1870-1897
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