Ernest William Brown
English-American astronomer and mathematician · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1866 to 1938 · aged 71
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.
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1938Died22 July 19381937James Craig Watson MedalAward1927Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1920Bruce MedalAward1914Royal MedalAward1907Adams PrizeAwardGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1866Born29 November 1866
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Lived 1866 to 1938 · aged 71
