Daniel Kirkwood
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1814-09-27 ) September 27, 1814, Harford County, Maryland
- Died
- June 11, 1895 (1895-06-11) (aged 80), Riverside, California
- Alma mater
- York County Academy, York, PA
- Known for
- Discovery of the Kirkwood gaps
- Fields
- astronomy , mathematics
- Institutions
- University of Delaware , Indiana University , Jefferson College , Stanford University
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Harford County
- Place of death
- Riverside
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Delaware
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Daniel Kirkwood c. 1894.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1814-00-00
- date of death
- 1895-00-00
- Commons category
- Daniel Kirkwood
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Kirkwood (September 27, 1814 – June 11, 1895) was an American astronomer.
Kirkwood was born in Harford County, Maryland, to John and Agnes (née Hope) Kirkwood. He graduated in mathematics from the York County Academy in York, Pennsylvania, in 1838. After teaching there for five years, he became Principal of the Lancaster High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and after another five years he moved on to become Principal of the Pottsville Academy in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In 1851, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. The same year he became Professor of Mathematics at Delaware College and in 1856 Professor of Mathematics at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he stayed until his retirement in 1886, with the exception of two years, 1865–1867, at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
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