Simon Newcomb
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 115 years ago |
Date of birth | March 12,1835 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Wallace |
Canada | |
Date of died | July 11,1909 |
Died | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Children | Anita Newcomb McGee |
Josepha Newcomb Whitney | |
Awards | Copley Medal |
Bruce Medal | |
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
Parents | John Burton Newcomb |
Education | Harvard University |
Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences | |
Books | Popular astronomy |
The ABC of Finance | |
Nationality | American |
Canadian | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 899377 |
Simon Newcomb Life story
Simon Newcomb was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University.