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Newcomb, Simon was born on March 12, 1835 in Wallace, Nova Scoti. Son of John Burton and Emily (Prince) Newcomb.
Educated by his father. Came to the United States, 1853. Teacher in Maryland., 1854-1856.
Computor on Nautical Almanac, 1857.
Graduate Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, Bachelor of Science, 1858. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Columbian, 1874, Yale, 1875, Harvard, 1884, Columbia, 1887, Edinburgh, 1891, Glasgow, 1896, Princeton, 1896, Cracow, 1900, Johns Hopkins, 1902, Toronto, 1904.
Doctor of Science, Heidelberg, 1886, Padua, 1892, Dublin, 1892, Cambridge, 1896. Doctor of Mathematics, Christiania, 1902.
Doctor of Civil Law, Oxford, 1899.
Master of Mathematics and Doctor of Natural Philosophy, Leyden, 1875.
Doctor Charles A. Hassler, United States Navy, and g.d. of the founder of the Coast Survey, August 4, 1863. Appointed, 1861, professor mathematics, United States Navy. Assigned to duty at United States Naval Observatory.
Negotiated contract for and supervised construction of 26-inch equatorial telescope.
Secretary United States Transit of Venus Commission, 1871-1874. Observed transit of Venus at Cape of Good Hope, 1882.
Director Nautical Almanac Office, 1877-1897. Retired 1897. Made many astronomical researches, given to the world in over 300 papers.
Professor mathematics and astronomy, Johns Hopkins, 1884-1894, and editor American Journal Mathematics. since 1874, correspondent, and since 1893, one of the 8 foreign associates, Institute of France (first native American since Franklin to be so honored).
Made Officer of Legion of Honor of France, 1893, Commander, 1907. Knight of the Prussian Order of Merit for Science and Art, 1906 (receiving special authority from United States Congress to accept these honors). Member, since 1869, vice president, 1883-1889, later foreign secretary National Academy Sciences.
President Society for Psychical Research, 1885-1886.
President American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1877, of America Mathematics Society, 1897-1898, of Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, 1899, 1905. President International Congress of Arts and Sciences at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
Honorary or corresponding member of every scientific, astronomical or mathematics society of 1st rank in the world. Received Royal Astronomical Society gold medal, 1874, Huygens gold medal, Dutch Society of Sciences, 1478, Royal Society gold medal, 1890.
Bruce medal, Astronomical Society of Pacific, 1898, Schubert prize (Russia), and Sylvester prize (Johns Hopkins University).
Author: The Stars, 1901. Astronomy for Everybody. 1903; Reminiscences of an Astronomer, 1903.
Spherical Astronomy, 1906.
Side Lights on Astronomy, 1906. Also various other books on astronomical and economics topics, magazine articles, et cetera
Published the tables of the motions of the stars, the planets and the moon now used by astronomers in their computations and as the basis of the navigation of the vessels of the world. Address: Washington, Distric.
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Member, since 1869, vice president, 1883-1889, later foreign secretary National Academy Sciences. Member of every scientific, astronomical or mathematics society of 1st rank in the world. Received Royal Astronomical Society gold medal, 1874, Huygens gold medal, Dutch Society of Sciences, 1478, Royal Society gold medal, 1890.
Married Mary Caroline, daughter