mother died when E.P.M. was 4 ; an aunt in Richmond, Virginia, w. whom he lived since 1827 encouraged his interest in astronomy
studies at Yale College since 1835
United States of America
Mason E. P., Smith H., Observations on nebulae with a fourteen feet reflector, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 7 (1841): 165-213; some of his astr. drawings appeared posthumously in : Introduction to practical astronomy (1854)
E. P. M. was astronomical assistant of Denison Olmsted (1791-1859) ;
Obituary in The New Englander XI (July 1845): 40; J. Ashbrook in Sky & Telescope 12/1972: 366; Denison Olmsted: Life & Writings of E.P.M.: Interspersed w. Hints to Parents & Instructors on the Training & Education of a Child of Genius (New York 1842, repr. 2017); Jeremy Shears, Carl Knight, Martin Lewis, Lee Macdonald, Stewart Moore, Jeff Young: In the footsteps of Ebenezer Porter Mason and his nebulae: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.7960 (2014); Omar Nasim: Observing by Hand: Drawing the Nebulae in the 19th c. (Chicago 2013); Omar Nasim: Omar Nasim: The landmark & groundwork of Stars: J.H., photography and the drawing of nebulae, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 42 (2011): 67-84, esp. pp. 80ff.;
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