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gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society_Gold_Medal
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1835-03-12
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gptkb:Wallace,_Nova_Scotia,_Canada
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gptkb:Anita_Newcomb_McGee
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1909-07-11
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
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gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
statistics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Simon Newcomb
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gptkb:Frank_Schlesinger
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gptkb:Urbain_Le_Verrier
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gptkb:Frank_Schlesinger
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gptkb:A_Plain_Man's_Talk_on_the_Labor_Question
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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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gptkb:Rock_Creek_Cemetery
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Simon Newcomb signature.svg
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gptkb:Mary_Caroline_Hassler
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gptkb:Catherine_Wolfe_Bruce_Gold_Medal
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