Otto Hilgard Tittmann
| Otto Hilgard Tittmann | |
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| Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
| In office December 1, 1900 – April 24, 1914 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Smith Pritchett |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Lester Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 20, 1850 Belleville, Illinois |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Leesburg, Virginia |
| Parents | Edward Tittmann, Rosa Hilgard |
| Occupation | Geodesist |
| Known for | Co-founder of the National Geographic Society |
Otto Hilgard Tittmann (1850-1938) was a German-American geodesist, geographer, and astronomer
Biography
Tittmann was born in 1850, in Belleville, Illinois[1] to revolutionary parents fleeing the aftermath of the 1848 revolutions.[2] He attended school in St. Louis, and in 1867 joined the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.[3] In 1874 he was assistant astronomer in Japan to view the transit of Venus, and from 1889 until 1893 he was in charge of weights and measures. In 1888 he co-founded the National Geographic Society, and from 1895 until 1900 he was assistant in charge of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey. From 1900 until 1915 he was Superintendent of the Survey, and from 1915 until 1919 he was president of the National Geographic Society. He died in Leesburg, Virginia, in 1938.
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| Preceded by | Superintendent, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1900–1915 |
Succeeded by Ernest Lester Jones |
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