사이먼 뉴컴

소개

사이먼 뉴컴(Simon Newcomb, 1835년 3월 12일 ~ 1909년 7월 11일)은 미국의 천문학자이자 수학자이다.

Simon Newcomb was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in Nova Scotia, at the age of 19 Newcomb left an apprenticeship to join his father in Massachusetts, where the latter was teaching.