Person Brown; Ernest William (1866 - 1938); mathematician and astronomer Brown Ernest William mathematician and astronomer 1866 - 1938 British Male Hull, Yorkshire, England 29 November 1866 18661129 Yale observatory, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 22 July 1938 19380722

mathematician and astronomer Mathematics Astronomy Celestial mechanics Education: Totteridge Park School, Hertfordshire; Hull and East Riding College; Christ's College, Cambridge (1884) Career: Took up study of the American astronomer George William Hill’s papers on the lunar theory, on suggestion of George Darwin (FRS 1879) (1888); professor of applied mathematics at Haverford College, Pennsylvania (1891); appointed professor of mathematics at Yale University (1907-1932); retired owing to ill health (1932). Awards/Medals: Gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1907) Pontecoulant prize of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1909) Bruce medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1920) Watson medal of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington (1937) Parents: William Brown, farmer, and later a lumber merchant of Hull, and Emma Martin. Known for Lunar theory and Celestial mechanics. Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1914 Fellow 09/06/1898 32 George Howard Darwin; Robert Stawell Ball; Andrew Russell Forsyth; Joseph Lamor; Ernest William Hobson; James Whitbread Lee Glaisher; Edward James Stone; William Henry Mahoney Christie; Edward John Routh Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: Death date from DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 19-22, plate, by C G Darwin Notes: YB and TR give date of death as 24 July 1938. Brown E W, IM Maull 000601.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1940.0003 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribRaw=Brown%2C+Ernest+William RCN 30429 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH1245 29 Nov 1866 - 22 or 24 Jul 1938 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 27/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1720 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 5ef57a8d-061f-4f3d-851a-cec0be7f9570