Henry Augustus Rowland
American physicist (1848-1901) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 52
Henry Augustus Rowland was an American physicist and Johns Hopkins educator. Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society. He is remembered for the high quality of the diffraction gratings he made and for the work he did with them on the solar spectrum.
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1901Died16 April 19011895Matteucci MedalAward1890Henry Draper MedalAward1889Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1883Rumford PrizeAward1848Born27 November 1848
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Lived 1848 to 1901 · aged 52
