A LOSS TO SCIENCE. DEATH OF PROFESSOR NEWCOMB.
By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received July 13, 8.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, 12th July. The death is announced of Professor Simon Newcomb, President of the Astronomical Society of America. Professor Newcomb, who was in his 75th year, was a Nova Scotian by birth, and went to the United States in 1853. In 1861 he was appointed professor of mathematics in the United States Navy, and assigned to duty at the Naval Observatory. He was a member of two expeditions to observe the Transit of Venus, has made many astronomical researches, and recorded the results of his observations in many published volumes. His tables of the motions of the stars, planets, and moon are now made the basis for the navigation of the vessels of the world. The Royal Society's gold medal was awarded to him in 1890. and other medals and awards at various dates. Professor Newcomb was an honorary oi corresponding member of every scientific, astronomical, or mathematical society of the first rank in the world, was a Doctor of Laws of eleven universities, and Doctor of Science in many others. He has been decorated by several foreign Sovereigns.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1909, Page 7
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