Background
Langley, Samuel Pierpont was born on August 22, 1834 in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Langley, Samuel Pierpont was born on August 22, 1834 in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Graduate Boston High School.
Assistant Harvard Observatory, 1865. Director Allegheny Observatory, 1867, where, 1869, he founded the system of railway time service from observatories, which has since become general, and where he devised the bolometer, now in general use, and other apparatus.
Member National Academy of Sciences.