Samuel Pierpont Langley American physicist and pioneer of aviation
Samuel Pierpont Langley is a 71 years old American physicist and pioneer of aviation from Roxbury. Samuel Pierpont Langley was born on August 22, 1834 (died on February 27, 1906, he was 71 years old) in Roxbury.
About
No, he died on 02/27/1906, 118 years ago. He was 71 years old when he died. He died in Aiken
Awards (9)
Awarded Rumford Prize in 1885 , awarded Janssen Medal in 1892 , awarded Prix Jules Janssen in 1897 , awarded John Scott Medal in 1895 , awarded Rumford Medal in 1885 ,
Education
He graduated from The English High School and Boston High School
What was Samuel's zodiac sign?Samuel Pierpont Langley zodiac sign was leo.
Other facts about Samuel Pierpont Langley
| Award | Henry Draper Medal, Janssen Medal (French Academy of Sciences) |
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| Place of death | Aiken |
| KnownFor | Solar physics |
| Nationality | United States |
| Member of | Royal Society , start time: 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z , subject has role: Foreign Member of the Royal Society |
| Position held | Secretary Of The Smithsonian , start time: 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z , series ordinal: 3 |
| Commons Creator page | Samuel Pierpont Langley |
| Employer | United States Naval Academy |
| National Library of Israel identifier | 000080969 |
| Field of work | Astronomy |
| Date of death | 1906-02-27T00:00:00Z |
| Name in native language | Samuel Pierpont Langley |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Family name | Langley. Show people with the surname Langley |
| Place of birth | Roxbury |
| Given name | Samuel |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Writing language | English |
