| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Harvard_University 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Bruce_Medal gptkb:Copley_Medal
 gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society_Gold_Medal
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1835-03-12 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Wallace,_Nova_Scotia,_Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Anita_Newcomb_McGee 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1909-07-11 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University gptkb:United_States_Naval_Observatory
 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | gptkb:astronomy gptkb:mathematics
 statistics
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Frank_Schlesinger 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Urbain_Le_Verrier 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Benford's_law gptkb:Newcomb's_paradox
 work on astronomical tables
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Society
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American gptkb:Canadian
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStudent | gptkb:Frank_Schlesinger 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:author gptkb:mathematician
 gptkb:astronomer
 
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                                | gptkbp:publishedIn | gptkb:A_Compendium_of_Spherical_Astronomy gptkb:A_Plain_Man's_Talk_on_the_Labor_Question
 gptkb:Popular_Astronomy
 gptkb:Tables_of_the_Sun
 gptkb:The_Elements_of_Astronomy
 gptkb:The_Motion_of_the_Moon
 gptkb:The_Reminiscences_of_an_Astronomer
 gptkb:The_Stars:_A_Study_of_the_Universe
 gptkb:American_Journal_of_Mathematics
 The Philosophy of Hyperspace
 The Problem of the Universe
 The Velocity of Light
 The Elements of the Four Inner Planets and the Fundamental Constants of Astronomy
 
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                                | gptkbp:restingPlace | gptkb:Rock_Creek_Cemetery 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | Simon Newcomb signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Mary_Caroline_Hassler 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Catherine_Wolfe_Bruce_Gold_Medal gptkb:Hall_of_Fame_for_Great_Americans
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Simon Newcomb 
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