Elias Loomis

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Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.

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instanceOf astronomer
human
mathematician
meteorologist
physicist
university teacher
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1811-08-07
dateOfDeath 1889-08-15
educatedAt Yale College NERFINISHED
employer Western Reserve College
Yale University
familyName Loomis
fieldOfWork astronomy
mathematics
mathematics education
meteorology
physics
gender male
givenName Elias
hasAcademicDiscipline analytical geometry
calculus
celestial mechanics
meteorology
knownFor research on auroras
textbooks on astronomy
textbooks on mathematics
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Association for the Advancement of Science
name Elias Loomis self-link
nationality American
notableWork An Introduction to Practical Astronomy
Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus
Treatise on Astronomy
occupation astronomer
mathematician
meteorologist
physicist
university professor
placeOfBirth Windsor, Connecticut
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut
studied auroral phenomena
terrestrial magnetism
workLocation Hudson, Ohio
New Haven, Connecticut

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