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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
Article · Nederlands
Simon Newcomb was een Canadees-Amerikaans astronoom en wiskundige. Als autodidact maakte hij zich astronomie en wiskunde eigen. In 1858 studeerde hij af aan de Harvard universiteit. In 1881 viel hem op dat in logaritmetabellen de eerste bladzijden meer gebruikt waren dan de laatste. Daaruit leidde hij de stelling af dat in een lijst van willekeurige getallen het getal 1 meer dan elk ander cijfer op de eerste plaats staat. Later werd dit de wet van Benford genoemd.
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