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Henry James Anderson

Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy

Centurion, 1850–1850s

Born 6 February 1799 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 19 October 1875 in Lahore, India

Proposed by Gulian C. Verplanck

Elected 7 December 1850 at age fifty-one

Archivist’s Note: Brother of Charles E. Anderson. He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1857 and 1860.