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Simon Newcomb
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Simon Newcomb is indexed among the 280 entries in Vinony's Copley Medal collection. It also appears in Fellows of the Royal Society.
Vinony's link graph records 551 inbound references to Simon Newcomb, and connects out to Washington, D.C., Wright brothers and Albert A. Michelson.
It sits within the topics 1835 births, 1909 deaths and 19th-century American astronomers.
Vinony links it to 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Article · Español
Simon Newcomb (Wallace, Nueva Escocia, Canadá; 12 de marzo de 1835 - Washington D. C., Estados Unidos; 11 de julio de 1909) fue un astrónomo y matemático estadounidense de origen canadiense. Especialista en mecánica celeste, realizó los cálculos precisos de una gran cantidad de magnitudes astronómicas concernientes a casi todos los cuerpos del Sistema Solar, y se convirtió en el principal compilador de uno de los calendarios de efemérides astronómicas más relevantes.
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