Chakmakjian (20 October 1878, in Adana, Ottoman Empire − 22 May 1973, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, US) was a published scientist, as well as the father of American composer Alan Hovhaness.
He subsequently moved to Stamford, Connecticut and eventually settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied at Harvard University from fall 1905 to spring 1908.
[7] In addition to his scientific work, in 1908 Chakmakjian became the chief-editor for The Hairenik newspaper while studying at Harvard, remaining in that position until February 1912.
[7][8] He also authored A Comprehensive Dictionary English-Armenian of approximately 1,600 pages published under the name H. H. Chakmakjian, printed in 1922 by Yeran Press in Boston.
[9] On May 28, 1910, in Somerville, Massachusetts, he married Madeleine Scott (died October 3, 1930), an American woman of Scottish and English descent who had graduated from Wellesley College.