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ANDERSON, Henry James, educator,
born in New York, 6 February 1799; died in Lahore, northern Hindostan, 19
October 1875. He was graduated at Columbia College with highest honors in 1818,
studied medicine, and received in 1823 his degree from the College of physicians
and surgeons. He devoted his leisure time to mathematical investigations, and in
1825 was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy in Columbia College.
After twenty-five years of successful
teaching he resigned his professorship to go abroad in hopes of restoring the
health of his wife, but to no avail. While in France he became intimately
acquainted with the astronomer Arago, and about the same time he became a
convert to the Catholic faith.
He spent many years in wandering over
Europe, Asia, and Africa, and during a visit to the Holy Land he acted as
geologist to the Dead Sea expedition under command of Lieut. Lynch. The results
were collected and published by the United States government in 1848, with the
titles of "Geology of Lieutenant Lynch's Expedition to the Dead Sea," and
"Geological Reconnoissance of Part of the Holy Land."
In 1851 he was elected a trustee of
Columbia College, and in 1866 emeritus professor of mathematics and astronomy.
In 1874 he was one of the band of pilgrims that left the United States on a
visit to Lourdes, France, and was received by Pius IX with special marks of
favor. He then joined as a volunteer the American scientific expedition sent out
to observe the transit of Venus, and proceeded to Australia, haying procured the
necessary instruments at his own expense. On his return, he visited India, and,
while exploring the Himalayas, he was stricken with the disease that caused" his
death.
He was active in advancing the interests
of the Catholic Church in New York, for many years was president of the society
of St. Vincent de Paul, was prominent in the originating of the Catholic union
of New York, and was also one of the founders of the Catholic Protectory in
Westchester, New York.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, by John Looby Copyright © 2001
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ANDERSON, Henry James, educator, born in New York, 6 February 1799; died in Lahore, northern Hindostan, 19 October 1875. He was graduated at Columbia College with highest honors in 1818, studied medicine, and received in 1823 his degree from the College of physicians and surgeons. He devoted his leisure time to mathematical investigations, and in 1825 was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy in Columbia College. After twenty-five years of successful teaching he resigned his professorship to go abroad in hopes of restoring the health of his wife, but to no avail. While in France he became intimately acquainted with the astronomer Arago, and about the same time he became a convert to the Catholic faith. He spent many years in wandering over Europe, Asia, and Africa, and during a visit to the Holy Land he acted as geologist to the Dead Sea expedition under command of Lieut. Lynch. The results were collected and published by the United States government in 1848, with the titles of "Geology of Lieutenant Lynch's Expedition to the Dead Sea," and "Geological Reconnoissance of Part of the Holy Land." In 1851 he was elected a trustee of Columbia College, and in 1866 emeritus professor of mathematics and astronomy. In 1874 he was one of the band of pilgrims that left the United States on a visit to Lourdes, France, and was received by Pius IX with special marks of favor. He then joined as a volunteer the American scientific expedition sent out to observe the transit of Venus, and proceeded to Australia, haying procured the necessary instruments at his own expense. On his return, he visited India, and, while exploring the Himalayas, he was stricken with the disease that caused" his death. He was active in advancing the interests of the Catholic Church in New York, for many years was president of the society of St. Vincent de Paul, was prominent in the originating of the Catholic union of New York, and was also one of the founders of the Catholic Protectory in Westchester, New York
