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Ernest William Brown
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Ernest William Brown was a mathematician and astronomer born in Kingston upon Hull in 1866. He was educated at Christ's College, University of Cambridge, where his doctoral advisor was George Howard Darwin. Brown held citizenship in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He worked as an employee of Yale University and Haverford College.
Brown received several awards, including the Royal Medal, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Bruce Medal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Astronomical Society. His doctoral student was Wallace John Eckert. He wrote in English and contributed to the creative work Popular Science. Brown died in New Haven in 1938.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1938
- Works
- 13
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,917x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,815x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,531x
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,393x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,942x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1866-11-29 ) 29 November 1866, Hull , England
- Died
- 22 July 1938 (1938-07-22) (aged 71), New Haven, Connecticut
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom , United States
- Alma mater
- Christ's College, Cambridge
- Known for
- Lunar theory , Celestial mechanics
- Awards
- Royal Medal (1914) , James Craig Watson Medal (1937) , Fellow of the Royal Society (1897)
- Fields
- Mathematics , Astronomy
- Doctoral advisor
- George Howard Darwin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernest
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kingston upon Hull
- Place of death
- New Haven
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Employer
- Haverford College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- George Howard Darwin
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- PSM V76 D207 Ernest William Brown.png
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- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1866-11-29
- date of death
- 1938-07-23
- name in native language
- Ernest William Brown
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- Ernest Brown
- Commons category
- Ernest William Brown (mathematician)
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Pyrenestes
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernest William Brown FRS (29 November 1866 – 22 July 1938) was an English mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923.
His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids.
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