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Born March 12, 1835 • Canada
Died July 11, 1909 (aged 74) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1935) • Copley Medal (1890)

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Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb, 1905
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