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Simon Newcomb

American astronomer (1835–1909).

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Occupation

University Teacher

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Member Of

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(12/13/1877 - )

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Foreign Member of the Royal Society

: 12/13/1877

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Royal Physiographic Society in Lund

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences

Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL

National Academy of Sciences

(1869 - )

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Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States

: 1869

Academy of Sciences of Turin

(3/5/1905 - )

: 3/5/1905

Göttingen Academy of Sciences

American Philosophical Society

(1878 - )

: 1878

Award Received

Knight of the Legion of Honour

(1893)

: 1893

(1890)

Award Rationale

: For his contributions to the progress of gravitational astronomy.

: 1890

Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

(1874)

: 1874

(1898)

: 1898

Foreign Member of the Royal Society

(1877)

: 1877

Person of National Historic Significance

(1878)

: 1878

Place of Death

Washington, D.C.

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Country of Citizenship

Date of Birth

3/12/1835

Date of Death

7/11/1909

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Educated At

Harvard University

(1857 - 1858)

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: 1857

: 1858

Given Name

Employer

Johns Hopkins University

(1884 - 1893)

: 1884

: 1893

United States Naval Observatory

(1861 - 1877)

: 1861

: 1877

Described by Source

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Nordisk Familjebok

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

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Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon

:2. udgave, Bind XVII: Mielck—Nordland, 1924

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BEIC Digital Library

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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Library of the World's Best Literature

Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Astronomers: A Biographical Reference

Place of Burial

Arlington National Cemetery

Burial Plot Reference

:Sec. 1, Num 527

Coordinate Location

: 38.8812°N 77.0767°W

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British North America

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Manner of Death

Doctoral Advisor

Benjamin Peirce

(1858)

: 1858

Family Name

Name in Native Language

Simon Newcomb

Field of Work

Cause of Death

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Child

Josepha Newcomb Whitney

Writing Language

Father

Relative

Hassler Whitney

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Position Held

President of the American Mathematical Society

(1897 - 1898)

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George William Hill

: 1897

: 1898

(1899 - 1905)

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Edward Charles Pickering

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American Astronomical Society

: 1899

: 1905

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Anita Newcomb McGee

American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

(1857 - 1861)

: 1857

: 1861

American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

(1877 - 1884)

: 1877

: 1884

John Burton Newcomb

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Mary Caroline Newcomb

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Robert Simpson Woodward