John Rayner Edmands

MIT graduates 1869/1870, John Rayner Edmands rear left

John Rayner Edmands (born February 18, 1850 in Boston , Massachusetts , † March 27, 1910 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American astronomer , librarian and mountain hiker .

Life

Edmands was one of the first students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (graduated in 1869) and worked first as a civil engineer , then as a geodesist and finally for the Harvard College observatory , since 1883 as a librarian.

In his spare time, Edmands spent a lot of time in the White Mountains of New Hampshire , where he made great contributions to the construction of hiking trails, shelters and marker points. His Edmands Path on Mount Eisenhower is particularly well known . Edmands was one of the founders of the Appalachian Mountain Club .

In 1880 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Since 1885 Edmands was married to Helen Louisa Atkins (* 1857), who died in 1888 while giving birth to their daughter. John Rayner Edmands died in 1910 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore of complications from a stroke. His grave is in Mount Auburn Cemetery .

Web links

John Rayner Edmands in the database of Find a Grave (English)

literature

Funeral of J. Rayner Edmands. In: Cambridge Tribune, Volume XXXIII, No. 5, April 2, 1910.
Mike Dickerman: White Mountains Hiking History: Trailblazers of the Granite State . Arcadia Publishing, 2013, ISBN 978-1-62584-533-7 , pp. 93 (English, 144 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

^ Obituary - News - The Harvard Crimson. In: thecrimson.com. March 28, 1910, accessed January 26, 2018 .
^ Sense of Purpose - Museum of the White Mountains. In: plymouth.edu. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter E. (PDF; 477 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
↑ 37 Commonwealth. In: backbayhouses.org. July 31, 2016, accessed January 26, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Edmands, John Rayner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American astronomer, librarian, and mountain hiker
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1910
Place of death	Baltimore , Maryland

[1] Obituary - News - The Harvard Crimson. In: thecrimson.com. March 28, 1910, accessed January 26, 2018 .

[2] Sense of Purpose - Museum of the White Mountains. In: plymouth.edu. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .

[3] Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter E. (PDF; 477 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved January 26, 2018 .

[4] 37 Commonwealth. In: backbayhouses.org. July 31, 2016, accessed January 26, 2018 .