EntityQ1356911· pop 20· linked from 176 articlesNathaniel BowditchSign in to saveAmerican astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)ConnectionsRoyal SocietyEntityLissajous curveEntityMoonConceptphysicsEntityIsaac NewtonPersonLatinEntityBostonEntitycometEntityalgebraEntityJohn AdamsEntityInternational Standard Book NumberEntityJohn Quincy AdamsEntityHarvard UniversityEntityWikisourceEntityPierre-Simon LaplaceEntitycalculusEntityWayback MachineEntityorbitEntityCambridgeEntityBerkeleyEntityCategories1773 births1838 deaths18th-century American mathematicians19th-century American astronomers19th-century American mathematicians19th-century American sailors19th-century American statisticiansAmerican actuariesAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyBurials at Mount Auburn CemeteryDeaths from stomach cancer in MassachusettsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences