Hiram Perkins

Hiram Mills Perkins (1833-1924) was Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Ohio Wesleyan University and benefactor of the Perkins Telescope in the Perkins Observatory.[1] He helped build to observatory buildings and also left an endowment for the school, and also his house was later used as a dormitory before it was sold off.

Perkins taught at the university from 1873 to 1907.[2]

The Perkins telescope was the 3rd largest telescope in the world when it achieved first light in 1931.

The telescope was eventually moved to Lowell Observatory, and the 69-inch mirror was sent to a museum when it was replaced by a 72 inch one at that observatory.

In 1880 Perkins built a house at 235 W. William St, which was later used as a dorm by OWU.[3]

Perkin's house survived into the 21st century, and was used as a dorm by OWU university.[3] The home (later dorm) was located 235 W. William St.[3] In the 2017 the school sold it off for 170,000 USD, to a developer who planned to convert it into a hotel.[3]

10029 Hiramperkins, a main belt asteroid discovered in 1981 by Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory, was named in honor of Hiram Mills Perkins.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Short History of Perkins Observatory". www.setileague.org. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Perkins Student Observatory Photographs". www.ohiomemory.org.
  3. ^ a b c d "Historic building in downtown Delaware to be converted into 43-room hotel". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ "Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2026.


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