Samuel Langley | |
|---|---|
 Langley, circa 1895 | |
| 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution | |
| In office 1887–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Spencer Fullerton Baird |
| Succeeded by | Charles Doolittle Walcott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 22, 1834 Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 27, 1906 (aged 71) Aiken, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Known for | Solar physics |
| Awards | Rumford Medal (1886) Henry Draper Medal (1886) Janssen Medal (1893)[1][2] |
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Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the director of the Allegheny Observatory.
- ^ (France), Académie des Sciences (1894). "Tableaux des prix décernés". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Vol. 117. p. 1006. (The French Academy awarded the 1893 prizes on 18 December 1893.)
- ^ "Science Prizes". American Naturalist. Vol. 28. U. of Chicago Press. 1894. p. 290.