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Samuel Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley
American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1834-1906).
Wikipedia | Samuel Langley
Statements about
Samuel Langley
Occupation
Astronomer
Aerospace Engineer
Astrophysicist
Physicist
Inventor
Military Flight Engineer
Aircraft Pilot
Member Of
Royal Society
(12/12/1895 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Start Time
:
12/12/1895
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Antiquarian Society
American Philosophical Society
(1875 - )
Start Time
:
1875
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Academy of Sciences
(1876 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
:
1876
Academy of Sciences of Turin
(2/11/1900 - )
Start Time
:
2/11/1900
Place of Birth
Roxbury
Place of Death
Aiken
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Birth
8/22/1834
Date of Death
2/27/1906
Instance Of
Human
Image
Employer
Harvard University
United States Naval Academy
Allegheny Observatory
University of Pittsburgh
Smithsonian Institution
Given Name
Samuel
Series Ordinal
:
1
Pierpont
Series Ordinal
:
2
Award Received
10 items
Rumford Medal
(1886)
Point in Time
:
1886
Henry Draper Medal
(1886)
Point in Time
:
1886
Janssen Medal
(1893)
Point in Time
:
1893
Prix Jules Janssen
(1898)
Point in Time
:
1898
National Aviation Hall of Fame
(1963)
Point in Time
:
1963
Rumford Prize
(1886)
Point in Time
:
1886
John Scott Award
(1896)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Not Been Able to Confirm This Claim
Point in Time
:
1896
Royal Medal
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(12/12/1895)
Point in Time
:
12/12/1895
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
(1896 - )
Start Time
:
1896
Field of Work
Astronomy
Aviation
Physics
Educated At
Boston English High School
Boston High School
Family Name
Langley
Name in Native Language
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Sex or Gender
Male
Writing Language
English
Position Held
Secretary of the Smithsonian
(1887 - )
Series Ordinal
:
3
Start Time
:
1887
Father
Samuel Langley III
Mother
Mary Sumner Williams
Described by Source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24445947
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Langley, Samuel Pierpont
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:
161
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q131380855
Place of Burial
Forest Hills Cemetery
Archives At
Smithsonian Institution Archives
External Pages About Samuel Langley
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Project Gutenberg Author
National Academy of Sciences Member
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition)
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