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Categories: Recipients of the Copley Medal, Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, Hall of Fame for Great Americans inductees, Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)
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Newcomb  Simon Newcomb  Newcomb, Simon
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United States astronomer (1835-1909) WordNet 3.0
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United States astronomer (1835-1909) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Simon Newcomb was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. Wikipedia
IS A
astronomer
homo
HAS KIND
Newcomb's Tables of the Sun
AWARD RECEIVED
Copley Medal
Bruce Medal
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Knight of the Legion of Honour
CAUSE OF DEATH
cancer
CHILD
Josepha Newcomb Whitney
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
Canada
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
Nordisk familjebok
Obalky knih.cz
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Peirce
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Henry Ludwell Moore
EDUCATED AT
Harvard University
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
EMPLOYER
Johns Hopkins
FAMILY NAME
Newcomb
FIELD OF WORK
astronomy
economics
mathematics
GIVEN NAME
Simon
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MANNER OF DEATH
natural causes
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
Accademia nazionale delle scienze
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
+6 relations
MILITARY RANK
admiral
OCCUPATION
astronomer
economist
teacher
mathematician
novelist
+1 relations
PLACE OF BIRTH
Nova Scotia
Wallace
PLACE OF BURIAL
Arlington National Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
Washington
SEX OR GENDER
male
WRITING LANGUAGE
English
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Newcomb, Simon Newcomb
Wikipedia
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Simon Newcomb
Wikidata
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Simon Newcomb
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