Nathaniel Bowditch
Sign in to saveAmerican astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nathaniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Salem
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral student
- Benjamin Peirce
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Nathaniel Bowditch. Stipple engraving by J. Cross after J. B Wellcome V0000711.jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Commons category
- Nathaniel Bowditch
- member of
- Royal Irish Academy
- date of birth
- 1773-03-26
- date of death
- 1838-03-16
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- has works in the collection
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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