Estonian physicist | University of Tartu, Viljandi Jakobson School | August 22, 1975 - Vilvoorde: December 30, 1644 | Andi Hektor | August 22, 1975
Samuel Langley
- Roxbury: August 22, 1834 celebration
- Aiken: February 27, 1906 celebration
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Samuel Langley -
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celebration Date of birth
Roxbury: August 22, 1834 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Aiken: February 27, 1906 -
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- astronomy
- physics
- aviation
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- Boston High School
- Boston English High School
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trophy Awards & Honors
- Henry Draper Medal (1886)
- Rumford Medal (1886)
- John Scott Award (1896)
- Prix Jules Janssen (1898)
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
- Janssen Medal (1893)
- National Aviation Hall of Fame (1963)
- Rumford Prize (1886)
- Royal Medal
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1895)
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- American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1834-1906) | Henry Draper Medal (1886), Rumford Medal (1886), John Scott Award