Samuel Pierpont Langley
(1834-1906)
American physicist and pioneer of aviation
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Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and aviation pioneer. In addition to becoming the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, he was also a professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the director of the Allegheny Observatory.
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22 August 1834 Roxbury, Massachusetts
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27 February 1906 (aged 71) Aiken, South Carolina
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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