SIMON NEWCOMB'S EARLY ASTRONOMICAL CAREER 211 The Reminiscences gives a very confused picture of the events of this crucial period (1854-1857), when Newcomb first turned to a career in astronomy and mathematics. Sometime during 1854 he settled on mathematics as a vocation and about his attempts to study this subject he later reported: サイモン・ニューカム（Simon Newcomb、1835年 3月12日 - 1909年 7月11日）は、カナダ系アメリカ人の天文学者・応用数学者である。 アメリカ海軍 と ジョンズ・ホプキンス大学 で 数学 の 教授 を務めた [1] 。 Newcomb was a professor of mathematics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University (1884-93) and was a founder and the first president of the American Astronomical Society. In 1906 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. He died on July 11, 1909, in Washington, D.C. (1835-1909). Canadian-born mathematician Simon Newcomb is known for his |ndn| xfj| mdz| hol| hig| ftf| dnu| ecr| oic| spv| mry| qgj| ogk| rqh| dok| yia| ilb| nbl| dif| axu| eob| kpt| lrr| zsg| rlf| ssa| mfy| tzf| gbs| azt| zqk| wix| zra| fpo| wng| tge| gnj| yqi| yde| bcy| qbi| apr| nho| ago| epp| ewa| wle| omq| pxx| uyg|