Simon Newcomb

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Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in Nova Scotia, at the age of 19 Newcomb left an apprenticeship to join his father in Massachusetts, where the latter was teaching. Though Newcomb had little conventional schooling, he completed a Bachelor of Science at Harvard in 1858. He later made important contributions to timekeeping, as well as to other fields in applied mathematics, such as economics and statistics. Fluent in several languages, he also wrote and published several popular science books and a science fiction novel.

Career

1. 1835
   Born
2. 1874
   Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
3. 1877
   Member of Royal Society
4. 1890
   Won Copley Medal
5. 1893
   Won Knight of the Legion of Honour
6. 1898
   Won Bruce Medal
7. 1909
   Passed away
8. Member of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
9. Member of Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
10. Won Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Nova Scotia
• •Citizenship: Canada, United States
• •Known as: astronomer, mathematician, economist, novelist
• •Spouse: Mary Caroline Newcomb