Hubert Anson Newton
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Hubert Anson Newton was an American
astronomer
and mathematician
, noted for his research on meteor
s.
He was born at Sherburne, New York
, and graduated from Yale
in 1850. The Mathematics Genealogy Project
lists his advisor as Michel Chasles
. In 1855, he was appointed professor
of mathematics
at Yale. The study of the laws of meteors and of comet
s and their interrelation was his chief labor. He attempted to contribute to the theory advanced by Professor Olmsted
of Yale in 1833 that meteors were a part of a mass of bodies moving round the sun in a fixed orbit.
In 1861, he supervised the work of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences in regard to the August and November meteors. He became a worldwide authority on the subjects of meteors and comets. He won the Smith gold medal from the National Academy of Sciences
, was elected an associate of the Royal Astronomical Society
of London
, served as president
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(1885), and was foreign member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
.
Many of his papers on meteors were published in the Memoirs of the National Academy, the Journal of Science, and the American Journal of Science
.
United States
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astronomer
Astronomer
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and mathematician
Mathematician
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, noted for his research on meteor
METEOR
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s.
He was born at Sherburne, New York
Sherburne, New York
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, and graduated from Yale
Yale University
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in 1850. The Mathematics Genealogy Project
Mathematics Genealogy Project
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lists his advisor as Michel Chasles
Michel Chasles
Michel Floréal Chasles was a French mathematician.He was born at Épernon in France and studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris under Siméon Denis Poisson. In the War of the Sixth Coalition he was drafted to fight in the defence of Paris in 1814...
. In 1855, he was appointed professor
Professor
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of mathematics
Mathematics
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at Yale. The study of the laws of meteors and of comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
s and their interrelation was his chief labor. He attempted to contribute to the theory advanced by Professor Olmsted
Denison Olmsted
Denison Olmsted , U.S. physicist and astronomer, was born at East Hartford, Connecticut. Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon.-Biography:In 1813, he graduated from Yale...
of Yale in 1833 that meteors were a part of a mass of bodies moving round the sun in a fixed orbit.
In 1861, he supervised the work of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences in regard to the August and November meteors. He became a worldwide authority on the subjects of meteors and comets. He won the Smith gold medal from the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
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, was elected an associate of the Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
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of London
London
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, served as president
President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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(1885), and was foreign member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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.
Many of his papers on meteors were published in the Memoirs of the National Academy, the Journal of Science, and the American Journal of Science
American Journal of Science
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.