Simon Newcomb

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academic astronomer human mathematician

Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1835-03-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1909-07-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
employer Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: United States Naval Observatory
familyName Newcomb ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomical constants ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ
economics ⓘ
mathematical analysis ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
givenName Simon ⓘ
influenced development of modern celestial mechanics ⓘ
influencedBy Pierre-Simon Laplace ⓘ
Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ
knownFor Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars ⓘ
Newcomb–Benford law ⓘ
determination of astronomical constants ⓘ
early formulation of Benford's law ⓘ
revisions of planetary and lunar theories ⓘ
work on celestial mechanics ⓘ
work on the speed of light ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Philosophical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
name Simon Newcomb self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy ⓘ
Popular Astronomy ⓘ
Principles of Political Economy ⓘ
Tables of the Four Inner Planets ⓘ
Tables of the Sun ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wallace, Nova Scotia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
Nathaniel Bowditch ⓘ
surface form: Superintendent of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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American Astronomical Society → foundedBy → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Simon Newcomb → name → Simon Newcomb self-link ⓘ
John Charles Fields → doctoralAdvisor → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Newcomb → notablyAssociatedWith → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Newcomb → usedBy → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Newcomb–Benford law → historicalPrecursor → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars → author → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Tables of the Sun → author → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Tables of the Four Inner Planets → author → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Tables of the Four Inner Planets → contributor → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Tables of the Four Inner Planets → creator → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy → author → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy → contributor → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Principles of Political Economy → author → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Popular Astronomy → author → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Popular Astronomy → contributor → Simon Newcomb ⓘ
Popular Astronomy → associatedWith → Simon Newcomb ⓘ