| Authorised form of name | Langley; Samuel Pierpont (1834 - 1906) |
| Dates | 1834 - 1906 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date of birth | 22 August 1834 |
| Place of death | Aiken, South Carolina, USA |
| Date of death | 22 or 27 February 1906 |
| Research field | Astrophysics |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 12/12/1895 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1886 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 22 February 1906
References:
J S Rowlinson, 'Le Sage's Essai de chymie mechanique' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 35-45 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/19858866 |
| Code | NA5223 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/1/328 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Samuel Pierpont Langley, Allegheny Observatory | 22 December 1886 |
| NLB/3/907 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor John William Mallet, Fellow of the Royal Society, University of Virginia | 8 November 1889 |
| NLB/9/95 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor Samuel Pierpont Langley, [Foreign Member, Royal Society] | 31 March 1894 |
| NLB/17/388 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr Samuel Pierpoint Langley, Foreign Member, Royal Society | 21 October 1898 |
| NLB/32/480 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Edward Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 19 March 1906 |
| NLB/32/414 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 6 March 1906 |
| NLB/32/507 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Hugh Frank Newall, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 March 1906 |
| EC/1895/22 | Langley, Samuel Pierpont: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/19/371 | Copy letter from some members of the provisional International Committee [of the International Catalogue], to Professor Samuel Pierpont Langley, Foreign Member, Royal Society | 4 September 1899 |
| MC/16/286 | Letter from Samuel Pierpont Langley, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA, to the Royal Society | 6 February 1896 |
| MC/16 | Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1893-1896 |