Eben Jenks Loomis

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name = Eben Jenks Loomis


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birth_date = 1828
birth_place = Oppenheim, New York
death_date = 1912
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field = Astronomy
work_institution = American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
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Eben Jenks Loomis (1828 - 1912) was an American astronomer, born at Oppenheim, New York He attended the Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard) in 1851-53; was assistant in the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac" office from 1850 to 1900, when he retired; and was a member of the United States eclipse expedition to Africa in 1889. He is author of "Wayside Sketches" (1894); "An Eclipse Party in Africa" (1896); "A Sunset Idyl, and Other Poems" (1903).

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