93,772 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Ernest William Brown

✓ Source-basedfalling

English-American astronomer and mathematician

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1866 to 1938 · aged 71
Compare
Fame52.1
Momentum5.0
Languages25
In century#65,922

Ernest William Brown FRS was an English mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

British Association members on the voyage to South Africa, 1905. Brown is seated at bottom right.British Association members on the voyage to South Africa, 1905. Brown is seated at bottom right.

Awards 7

1937James Craig Watson Medal
1927Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1920Bruce Medal
1914Royal Medal
1907Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1907Adams Prize
Fellow of the Royal Society

Connected to Ernest 6

Sewall WrightAlso won Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipHarold JeffreysAlso won Adams PrizeJacobus KapteynAlso won Bruce MedalCharles T. KowalAlso won James Craig Watson MedalEwine van DishoeckAlso won James Craig Watson MedalRalph H. FowlerAlso won Adams Prize

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1866 to 1938 · aged 71
Written about in
25 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.