Ormond Stone

Ormond Stone
Born	(1847-01-11)January 11, 1847 Pekin, Illinois, US
Died	January 17, 1933(1933-01-17) (aged 86) Centreville, Virginia, US
Education	Old University of Chicago
Occupation(s)	Astronomer Mathematician
Spouses	Catherine Flagler Mary Florence Brennan
Relatives	Melville E. Stone, brother

Ormond Stone (January 11, 1847 – January 17, 1933), was an American astronomer, mathematician and educator. He was the director of Cincinnati Observatory and subsequently the first director of the McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia, where he trained a significant number of scientists. He served as the editor of the Annals of Mathematics and towards the end of his life made donations which led to the founding of the Fairfax Public Library System.^[1]