Edward Singleton Holden, USMA 1870

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, October 10, 1872 to November 9, 1872.
• To Practical Engineering.
• Librarian.

References

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Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 9, pp. 136-137.

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