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Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926

 Person

Biography

"Serving concurrently as director of Chamberlin Observatory, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and dean of the Graduate College throughout most of the 1890s, he added the duties of acting chancellor when Dr. [William Fraser] McDowell resigned in 1899." Herbert Howe served as acting chancellor from June 1899 to December 1899, when Henry Augustus Buchtel was appointed.

Citation:
Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, pp. 80, 277.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Notes on Saegmuller telescope, 1890-1894

 Item
Identifier: M010.07.0007.00002
Abstract

Howe's notes on the Saegmuller telescope that includes his 1890 trip to see buildings and instruments and the 1894 trip to get the telescope.

Dates: 1890-1894

Transit Observation Notebook, 1881

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Identifier: M010.07.0007.00001

Transit Observation Notebook, 1892 October-1893 October

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Identifier: M010.07.0007.00003
Abstract

Howe's transit observations

Dates: 1892 October-1893 October

Transit Observation Notebook, 1893 October-1895 August

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Identifier: M010.07.0007.00004
Abstract

Howe's transit observations

Dates: 1893 October-1895 August

Working List, 1897-1900

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Identifier: M010.07.0007.00012

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