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Elisha Scott Loomis (September 18, 1852 – December 11, 1940) was an American teacher, mathematician, genealogist, writer and engineer.〔The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 15, page 186. James t. White & Co. 1916 May be downloaded from: http://archive.org/details/nationalcyclopae15newy〕〔(Obituary of Elisha S. Loomis, Written By Himself )〕〔Finkel, B. F., "Elisha Scott Loomis, A. M., Ph. D. The American Mathematical Monthly, 1 (1894), 219–222〕 ==Ancestry and early life == Elisha Scott Loomis, of English-Scottish and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, was born in a log-cabin in Wadsworth, Ohio, which at that time was a village in Medina County. He was the eldest son of Charles W. Loomis, a descendent of the pioneer Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Connecticut. His mother was Sarah Oberholtzer, descendent of pioneer Jacob Oberholtzer, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When Loomis was 12 his father died. By that time he had six younger brothers and a sister, and for seven years from the age of 13 he helped his mother make ends meet by working as a farm labourer during summertime. Four months each winter he attended district schools, working for his board while doing so. During his schooldays he wished to learn algebra, and as his district school teacher knew no algebra, he walked several miles to a neighbouring town where he bought Ray's Elementary Algebra.〔Ray, Joseph. Elementary algebra 1850. May be downloaded from http://archive.org/details/abu8350.0001.001.umich.edu〕 He proceeded to master the material without any support except encouragement of his mother, who had had too little schooling to learn to write. Loomis proved to be a sufficiently apt scholar to become a teacher himself in 1873. He taught during the summer and managed not only to save enough money to help his mother support her family, but also for himself to attend and assist at Baldwin University at Berea, Ohio, during the winter. His industry and thrift enabled him to buy a home, in Shreve, Ohio, where he established his mother and brothers the fall of 1876. This was partly possible because of his abstemious habits, eschewing both tobacco and strong drink. He joined the Presbyterian church early in his adult life, but later converted to Methodism. After he attained his B.S. degree in mid-1880, Loomis married a teacher from Loudonville, Ohio, Miss Letitia E. Shire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elisha Scott Loomis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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