CHARLES ANTHONY SCHOTT 6oi 



Charles Anthony Schott. 

 1826-1901. 



Charles Anthony Schott, astronomer, geodesist, magnetician, 

 mathematician, meteorologist, was born August 7, 1826, in Mann- 

 heim, Germany, and died July 31, 1901, in Washington, D. C. 

 Graduating C. E. from the Polytechnic School in Carlsruhe, in 

 1847, he came to the United States and entered the Coast Sur- 

 vey in 1848. The rest of his long, industrious and useful life 

 was spent in that organization and almost exclusively in office 

 work. For more than half a century he served in its compu- 

 ting division and for 45 years of that time he was its chief. 

 The amount of work performed by this diligent, methodical and 

 industrious scientist was enormous, and his influence upon the 

 character and work of the Coast Survey probably exceeds that 

 of any individual ever connected with the organization. 



