He graduated at the Masonic College in Lexington, MO, in 1858, and was principal of the Trenton, MO high school from 1854 till 1859. Subsequently he was elected professor of mathematics in the Bloomington, IL, female college, which chair he held until 1860, and a similar one in the Christian female college in Columbia during 1864-1865. He then was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy, and director of the observatory at the University of Missouri, in Columbia. In 1874 he received the degree of Ph. D., and ten years later that of L.L. D. from the University of Wisconsin. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Astronomical Society. He published "The Complete Algebra and Key" (New York, 1874); "Algebraic Problems and Key" (1874); "First Lessons in Arithmetic" (1881); "Elementary Arithmetic" (1881); "Table-Book and Primary Arithmetic" (1881); "Practical Arithmetic" (1881); "Advanced Arithmetic" (1881); "National Arithmetic with a Key" (1881); and "Elements of Algebra" (1881). (source: " Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, Vol II"
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He graduated at the Masonic College in Lexington, MO, in 1858, and was principal of the Trenton, MO high school from 1854 till 1859. Subsequently he was elected professor of mathematics in the Bloomington, IL, female college, which chair he held until 1860, and a similar one in the Christian female college in Columbia during 1864-1865. He then was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy, and director of the observatory at the University of Missouri, in Columbia. In 1874 he received the degree of Ph. D., and ten years later that of L.L. D. from the University of Wisconsin. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Astronomical Society. He published "The Complete Algebra and Key" (New York, 1874); "Algebraic Problems and Key" (1874); "First Lessons in Arithmetic" (1881); "Elementary Arithmetic" (1881); "Table-Book and Primary Arithmetic" (1881); "Practical Arithmetic" (1881); "Advanced Arithmetic" (1881); "National Arithmetic with a Key" (1881); and "Elements of Algebra" (1881). (source: " Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, Vol II"
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