William Chauvenet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Chauvenet
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:award Chauvenet Prize (named in his honor)
gptkbp:birthDate 1820-05-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Milford,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 1870-12-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:St._Paul,_Minnesota,_United_States
gptkbp:degree gptkb:Bachelor_of_Arts
gptkbp:employer gptkb:United_States_Naval_Academy
gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Chauvenet_Prize
gptkb:Chauvenet_Hall_(U.S._Naval_Academy)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Chauvenet
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Chauvenet's_criterion
contributions to mathematics
contributions to navigation
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Manual_of_Spherical_and_Practical_Astronomy
gptkb:A_Treatise_on_Plane_and_Spherical_Trigonometry
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:educator
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
gptkbp:position gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Bellefontaine_Cemetery,_St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Catherine_Whiting_Rogers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AAAS
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3