John Couch Adams

1819 - 1892

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John Couch Adams was an astronomer and mathematician who, at the age of 24, was the first person to predict the position of a planet beyond Uranus.
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List of References (11 books/articles)

A Poster of John Couch Adams

Mathematicians born in the same country

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Adam's Memorial at Lidcott
  2. A cartoon about the discovery of Neptune
  3. John Couch Adams' account of the discovery of Neptune
  4. Obituary: The Times

Honours awarded to John Couch Adams
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Royal Society Copley Medal1848
Fellow of the Royal Society1849
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1849
Lunar featuresCrater Adams

Other Web sites
  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. St John's College Cambridge (The discovery of Neptune)
  1. NNDB
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