Charles Scott Venable

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Charles Scott Venable (March 19, 1827 – August 11, 1900) was a mathematician, astronomer, and civil war military officer. In mathematics, he is noted for authoring a series of publications as a University of Virginia professor.

Local legacy

The Venable neighborhood is named for Venable, as was the Venable High School (now the Venable Elementary School).

References

• Inventory of the Charles S. Venable Papers, 1862-1894, in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• "Charles Scott Venable", Leander McOrmick Observatory Museum, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia.
• Johnson, Francis W., A History of Texas and Texans: Volume III, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1914. p 1235, 1236.
• Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Confederacy, Facts on File (November 1989). ISBN 0816022046.