John Couch Adams
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John Couch Adams | |
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 Photo c. 1870 | |
| Born | 5 Juin 1819 Laneast, Launceston, Cornwall, Unitit Kinrick |
| Died | 21 Januar 1892 (aged 72) Cambridge Observatory Cambridgeshire, Ingland |
| Naitionality | Breetish |
| Awairds | Smith's Prize (1843) Copley Medal (1848) Gowd Medal o the Ryal Astronomical Society (1866) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Astronomy |
| Institutions | Varsity o St. Andrews Varsity o Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | John Hymers |
John Couch Adams FRS (5 Juin 1819 – 21 Januar 1892) wis a Breetish mathematician an astronomer.
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- 1819 births
- 1892 daiths
- Fowk frae Launceston, Cornwall
- Alumni o St John's College, Cambridge
- Breetish astronomers
- 19t-century Inglis mathematicians
- Lowndean Professors o Astronomy an Geometry
- Fellaes o the Ryal Society
- Neptune
- Fowk frae Cornwall
- Cornish scientists
- Recipients o the Gowd Medal o the Ryal Astronomical Society
- Recipients o the Copley Medal
- Senior Wranglers
- Methodist Kirk o Great Breetain fowk
- Cornish Methodists
- 19t-century Methodists
- Honorary Fellaes o the Ryal Society o Edinburgh
- Academics o the Varsity o St Andras
- Fellaes o the American Academy o Airts an Sciences
- Preses o the Ryal Astronomical Society