Editing Lewis Boss (section)

==Early life==
Boss was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] to Samuel P. and Lucinda (née Joslin) Boss,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |last=Hockey |first=Thomas |year=2009 |publisher=[[Springer Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 |accessdate=August 22, 2012 |url=http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/58189.html}}</ref> and attended secondary school at the [[Lapham Institute]] in [[Scituate, Rhode Island|North Scituate]]<ref>{{cite book|last=American Educational Company|title=The American Educational Review, Volume 34|date=1913|publisher=American Educational Company|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kO0-AQAAMAAJ&q=Lewis+Boss+smithville+seminary&pg=PA114}}</ref> and the [[New Hampton Institution]] in [[New Hampshire]].<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_XG0iAAAAMAAJ Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, ''Union University: Its History, Influence, Characteristics and...'' Lewis Publishing Co. (1907), 2.]</ref> In 1870, he graduated from [[Dartmouth College]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Hockey|first=Thomas|title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers|date=2007|publisher=Springer|page=153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&q=Lewis+Boss+Dartmouth+College&pg=PA153|isbn=9780387304007}}</ref> then went to work as a [[clerk (position)|clerk]] for the [[U.S. Government]].