Nathaniel Bowditch

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astronomer author human mathematician navigator

Nathaniel Bowditch was an American mathematician and astronomer best known for his influential work in celestial navigation and his book "The New American Practical Navigator."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomer → author → human → mathematician → navigator →
birthDate	1773-03-26 →
burialPlace	Mount Auburn Cemetery →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1838-03-16 →
educatedAt	self-taught →
employer	Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company →
familyName	Bowditch →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → celestial navigation → mathematics →
genre	navigation manual →
givenName	Nathaniel →
hasPartInHisHonor	Bowditch School (Boston) → asteroid 2440 Bowditch → lunar crater Bowditch →
influenced	maritime navigation practices in the 19th century →
knownFor	The New American Practical Navigator → improvements in celestial navigation → popularizing Laplace's celestial mechanics in the United States →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Royal Society →
name	Nathaniel Bowditch →
notableAchievement	corrected and expanded existing navigation tables → produced widely used nautical almanac tables →
notableWork	The New American Practical Navigator → Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste →
occupation	actuary → astronomer → businessperson → mathematician → navigator →
placeOfBirth	Salem, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	president of Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company →
religion	Unitarianism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Mary (Polly) Prince → Mary Ingersoll →
workLocation	Boston, Massachusetts → Salem, Massachusetts →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The New American Practical Navigator ("Bowditch") →	alsoKnownAs
Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste →	associatedPerson
The New American Practical Navigator →	author
Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste →	authorOfCommentary
Mount Auburn Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company →	employed
Nathaniel Bowditch ("Bowditch") →	familyName
Nathaniel Bowditch →	name
Bowditch School (Boston) →	namedAfter
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company →	notableEmployee
Simon Newcomb ("Superintendent of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac") →	positionHeld
Mary (Polly) Prince →	spouse
Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste →	translator