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William Huggins

Sir William Huggins

British astronomer (1824–1910).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Member Of

Royal Society
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei
Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(1904 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1904

Place of Birth

London

Place of Death

London

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom

Date of Birth

2/7/1824

Date of Death

5/12/1910

Instance Of

Human

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Award Received

13 items
Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Henry Draper Medal
(1901)
Point in Time
: 1901
Copley Medal
(1898)
Award Rationale
: For his researches in spectrum analysis applied to the heavenly bodies.
Point in Time
: 1898
Royal Medal
(1866)
Point in Time
: 1866
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
(1885)
Point in Time
: 1885
Lalande Prize
(1870)
Point in Time
: 1870
Bruce Medal
(1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Rumford Medal
(1880)
Point in Time
: 1880
Janssen Medal
(1888)
Point in Time
: 1888
Actonian Prize
(1900)
Point in Time
: 1900
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
(1885)
Point in Time
: 1885
Order of Merit

Given Name

William

Occupation

Astronomer
Physicist
Astrophysicist
Photographer

Described by Source

Nordisk Familjebok
Dictionary of National Biography, Second Supplement
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Huggins, William (DNB12)
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
Volume
:2. udgave, Bind XI: Hasselmus—Hven, 1921
Page(s)
:830
Reference URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Part Of
:
Project Runeberg
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24432332
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24749850
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q105108716
Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Huggins, William (3)
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Huggins, Sir William
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference

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William Huggins

Spouse

Margaret Lindsay Huggins
(1875 - )
End Time
: unknown value
Start Time
: 1875
Unnamed
: 1910

Field of Work

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Spectroscopy

Educated At

City of London School

Family Name

Huggins

Position Held

President of the Royal Society
(1900 - 1905)
Replaces
:
Joseph Lister
Replaced By
:
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Series Ordinal
:38
Start Time
: 1900
End Time
: 1905

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Writing Language

English

Name in Native Language

William Huggins

Place of Burial

Golders Green Crematorium

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