John Couch Adams
1819-1892
English Astronomer
John Couch Adams was born to a farming family in rural Landeast, Cornwall. His mathematical abilities were evident at an early age, impressing teachers an...
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The English mathematical astronomer John Couch Adams (1819-1892) was a principal figure in the discovery of the planet Neptune.Born at Laneast, Cornwall, on June 5, 1819, to a farm family of modest st...
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John Couch Adams was born near Launceston, England, the son of a poor tenant farmer in 1819. Adams was a shy, precocious child whose early knowledge of astronomy was self-taught. In his teens he had c...
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John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams