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US Naval Observatory: List of Other Roles
FirstLastServiceStateCountyPlaceOfficeSrc
Cleveland 1867-1868DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, aid
Roberdeau 1879DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, computer
Charles Henry 1897-1902DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, supt
William Snyder 1865DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory
Albert Stowell 1881-1883DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, computer
Charles Warnock 1905DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, astronomy assistant
Edgar 1868-1878DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory
Norman Everett 1900DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, asst astronomer
William 1862-1865DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, asst
George Andrews 1921US Naval Observatory, astronomer
Harry Grant 1918DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, Asst Naval Observatory
William Denis 1918DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, Librarian
Eleanor A. 1918DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, Asst
Frank Bowers 1921US Naval Observatory, astronomer
Newton Manley 1907DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, asst
Herbert Louis 1902-1907DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, Asst astronomer
Ormond 1870-1875DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory
Robert John 1921US Naval Observatory, electrical designer and engineer
Clara 1900-1901DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, Computer
Reuben 1918DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, Asst Office
Delonza Tate 1903DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, computer
Arthur Williams 1878DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, eclipse expedition
Charles Augustus 1901-1902DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, board of visitors
Everett Irving 1901DCWashingtonUS Naval Observatory, computer

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