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Simon Newcomb

American astronomer1835 to 1909

Wikidata names Benjamin Peirce as doctoral advisor and lists 2 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Benjamin Peirce

Students on Wikidata2

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Charles Lane Poor
born 1866
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Henry Ludwell Moore
born 1869

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataBenjamin Peirce
2 steps up
stated by WikidataNathaniel Bowditch

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 8 people: 8 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

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1857 to 1858
Harvard University
studied
1857 to 1861
American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
worked
1861 to 1877
United States Naval Observatory
worked
1877 to 1884
American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
worked
1884 to 1893
Johns Hopkins University
worked

At a glance

known as: astronomer, mathematician, economist, novelist, university teacher, science fiction writer, writer
fields: astronomy, mathematics, economics
awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1893, Copley Medal, 1890, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1874, Bruce Medal, 1898, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1877, Person of National Historic Significance, Huygens medal, 1878
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1877, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, National Academy of Sciences, from 1869, Academy of Sciences of Turin, from 1905, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, American Philosophical Society, from 1878, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1895
Wikipedia: in 47 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaSimon Newcomb
stated by WikidataWikidataQ164401
stated by WikidataVIAF44394072
stated by WikidataGND119174472
stated by WikidataIdRef033928401
stated by WikidataISNI000000010893202X

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stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project122449

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@misc{academicancestry_Q164401,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Simon Newcomb: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q164401},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Simon Newcomb: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q164401