Samuel Pierpont Langley

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academic administrator astronomer aviation pioneer human inventor physicist

Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, and aviation pioneer known for his early experiments with heavier-than-air flight and for serving as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Samuel Pierpont Langley canonical 6
Samuel Langley 1
Samuel P. Langley 1

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instanceOf academic administrator ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
aviation pioneer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Rumford Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1834-08-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1906-02-27 ⓘ
directorOf Allegheny Observatory ⓘ
educatedAt Boston Latin School ⓘ
employer Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
familyName Langley ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
solar physics ⓘ
fullName Samuel Pierpont Langley self-link ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
hasHonorificEponym Langley (unit) ⓘ
Langley Air Force Base ⓘ
Langley Research Center ⓘ
surface form: NASA Langley Research Center

crater Langley on the Moon ⓘ
hasInstrument bolometer ⓘ
influenced early aviation research in the United States ⓘ
inspiredBy earlier work on aerodynamics and flight ⓘ
knownFor development of the bolometer ⓘ
early experiments with heavier-than-air flight ⓘ
research on solar radiation ⓘ
serving as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
memberOf American Philosophical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
middleName Pierpont ⓘ
notableWork Langley Aerodrome ⓘ
bolometer ⓘ
occupation academic administrator ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
aviation pioneer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Roxbury ⓘ
surface form: Roxbury, Massachusetts
placeOfDeath Aiken, South Carolina ⓘ
positionHeld Secretary of the Smithsonian ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied infrared radiation ⓘ
solar radiation ⓘ
testedVehicle Langley Aerodrome ⓘ
surface form: Langley Aerodrome A

Langley Aerodrome ⓘ
surface form: Langley Aerodrome B
workLocation Allegheny Observatory ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Langley Research Center → namedAfter → Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory → foundedBy → Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
Samuel Pierpont Langley → fullName → Samuel Pierpont Langley self-link ⓘ
The English High School of Boston → hasNotableAlumnus → Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel P. Langley
USS Langley (CVL-27) → namedAfter → Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
Wright brothers → influencedBy → Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel Langley
Langley Medal → namedAfter → Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
USS Langley → namedAfter → Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ