Benjamin Boss

Benjamin Boss ( January 9, 1880 *, † October 17, 1970 ) was an American astronomer. He was the son of the astronomer Lewis Boss.

1906 to 1908 he was director of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Tutuila, Samoa. After working at the Department of Meridian Astrometry of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he became in 1915 director of the Dudley Observatory.

In 1912 he became editor of the Astronomical Journal.

The working area of Benjamin Boss was the positional astronomy as his father.

His most notable works were the Albany Catalogue of 20811 stars, the San Luis Catalogue of 15333 stars and the General Catalogue of 33342 Stars.