Person:Samuel Langley (8)
Samuel Pierpont Langley
b.22 Aug 1834 Roxbury, MA
d.27 Feb 1906 Aiken, SC
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m. 13 May 1833
  1. Samuel Pierpont Langley1834 - 1906
  2. John Williams Langley1841 - 1918
  3. Annie Williams Langley1847 -
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Name Samuel Pierpont Langley
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Aug 1834 Roxbury, MA
Death? 27 Feb 1906 Aiken, SC
Burial? Boston, MA
Reference Number? Q357961?


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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. The Smithsonian Curator and solar unit Buried in ForestHills Cemetery

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