He graduated from the City College of New York and received a PhD in 1892 from Johns Hopkins University. Poor became an astronomer and professor of celestial mechanics at Columbia University from 1903 to 1944, when he was named Professor Emeritus. He published several works disputing the evidence for Einstein's theory of relativity during the 1920s,Charles Lane Poor, Gravitation Versus Relativity, G.P. Putnam, New York (1922).Charles Lane Poor, Journal of the Optical Society of America, V20, p. 173 (1930). and reflecting objections to the theory.
He graduated from the City College of New York and received a PhD in 1892 from Johns Hopkins University Poor became an astronomer and professor of celestial mechanics at Columbia University from 1903 to 1944 when he was named Professor Emeritus He published several works disputing the evidence for Einstein's theory of relativity during the 1920sCharles Lane Poor Gravitation Versus Relativity GP Putnam New York (1922)Charles Lane Poor Journal of the Optical Society of America V20 p 173 (1930) and reflecting objections to the theory