Poor, Charles Lane, 1866-
Variant namesCharles Lane Poor was an alumnus, The Johns Hopkins University and a professor of astronomy and celestial mechanics at Columbia.
He was born in Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 18, 1866 and received the Ph. D. from Hopkins in 1892. Poor was an associate professor at Hopkins until 1903. He was appointed to Columbia where he taught until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1944. Poor was the inventor of several navigation devices and was the author of books on navigation, racing yachts, astronomy, and relativity. Poor was an active critic of the theories of Albert Einstein and published several papers describing his own research on relativity. Among his works are "Gravitation versus Relativity" (1922) and "Rules and Regulations for the Construction of Racing Yachts" (1928). Charles Lane Poor died in New York City, Sept. 27, 1951.
From the description of Charles Lane Poor papers, 1898-1945. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49308252
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| creatorOf | Poor, Charles Lane, 1866-. Charles Lane Poor papers, 1898-1945. | Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library | |
| creatorOf | Poor, Charles Lane, 1866-. Theory of measuring instruments : lectures delivere[d] at the Johns Hopkins University in 1895-96 / by Charles Lane Poor ... | University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library | |
| creatorOf | Shelter Island Public Library (Shelter Island, N.Y.). Dering Harbor papers, 1927-1933. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Columbia University. Dept. of Astronomy. Department of Astronomy records, 1880-1917. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Department of Astronomy Records, 1880-1917. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | Columbia University. Dept. of Astronomy. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. | person |
| associatedWith | Shelter Island Public Library (Shelter Island, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
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Birth 1866-01-18
Death 1951-09-27
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