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Simon Newcomb
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1835-03-12 ) March 12, 1835, Wallace, Nova Scotia , Canada
- Died
- July 11, 1909 (1909-07-11) (aged 74), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Citizenship
- American
- Alma mater
- Harvard University ( BS , 1858)
- Spouse
- Mary Caroline Hassler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. August 4, 1863</span>"}]]}'>1863 )
- Children
- 4, including Anita and Josepha
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1890) , Bruce Medal (1898)
- Fields
- Astronomy , Mathematics
- Academic advisors
- Benjamin Peirce
- Doctoral students
- Henry Ludwell Moore
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wallace
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Child
- Anita Newcomb McGee
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Benjamin Peirce
- Doctoral student
- Henry Ludwell Moore
- Field of work
- economics
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- Simon Newcomb 01.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Simon Newcomb
- date of birth
- 1835-03-12
- date of death
- 1909-07-11
- P8168
- Marie Anne de Mailly
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Simon Newcomb
- cause of death
- cancer
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Hassler Whitney
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- Simon Newcomb
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Simon Newcomb, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Simon Newcomb (* 12. März 1835 in ; † 11. Juli 1909 in Washington, D.C.) war ein kanadischer Astronom und Mathematiker.
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