Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Holden, Edward Singleton

HOLDEN, EDWARD SINGLETON, an American astronomer; born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 5, 1846; was graduated at Washington University in 1866; and at the United States Military Academy in 1870; Professor of Mathematics at the Naval Academy in 1873-1881; president of the University of California in 1886-1888; director of the Lick Observatory in 1888-1898; he was then appointed astronomer of the Smithsonian Institution. His publications include &ldquo;Astronomy for Students&rdquo; (with Simon Newcomb); &ldquo;Monograph of the Central Parts of the Nebula of Orion&rdquo;; &ldquo;Astronomical Bibliography&rdquo;; &ldquo;Handbook of Lick Observatory&rdquo;; &ldquo;Essays in Astronomy&rdquo; (1900); &ldquo;The Sciences&rdquo; (1903); &ldquo;Galileo&rdquo; (1905). He died in 1914.