Updated Feb 20, 2026
Details
Birthday
(Thursday)
Died
Birthplace
Wallace, Canada
Nationality
Languages
English
Spouse
Mary Caroline Newcomb
Children
2 children: Anita Newcomb McGee, Josepha Newcomb Whitney
Parents
John Burton Newcomb
Education
Harvard University
Zodiac Sign
♓ Pisces
Chinese Zodiac
羊 Goat
Name Origin
English < Biblical Hebrew (שִׁמְעוֹן)
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Simon Newcomb: American astronomer (1835–1909).
Born in Wallace (died at age 74).
8 awards including Bruce Medal.
Studied at Harvard University.
AWARDS (8)
B
Bruce Medal
WON
B
Copley Medal
WON
B
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
WON
B
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
WON
Biography
Simon Newcomb was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in Nova Scotia, at the age of 19 Newcomb left an apprenticeship to join his father in Massachusetts, where the latter was teaching.
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