16 SIMON NEWCOMB— CAMPBELL. [MEM01E [vousvn, 



1902 : Honorary member Astronomical Society of Mexico. 



1904 : Corresponding member Royal Academy of Science, Vienna. 



1905: Corresponding member Royal Academy of Science, Turin. 



1905: Corresponding member National Institute of Geneva, Switzerland. 



1905: Knigbt of tbe Order Pour le Merite for Sciences and Arts, Prussia. 



1906: Honorary member Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts, Padua. 



1907: Commander of tbe Legion of Honor, France. 



1907: Honorary Fellow Pbysical Society, London. 



1907: Foreign member Society of Sciences, Cbristiania. 



1907: Foreign member Royal Society of Sciences, Gottingen. 



Honorary degrees were conferred upon Prof. Newcomb as follows : 



1874: LL. D., Columbian University (now George Wasbington University), Washington, 

 D. C. 



1875: Master of Mathematics and Doctor of Natural Philosophy, University of Leyden, on 

 the third centenary of its founding. 



1875: LL. D., Yale College. 



1884 : LL. D., Harvard College. 



1S86: Ph. D., University of Heidelberg, on the fifth centenary of its founding. 



1887: LL. D., Columbia College, N. Y. 



1891: LL. D., Edinburgh University. 



1892: Sc. D., Dublin University, on the third centenary of its founding. 



1892: Ph. Nat. D., University of Padua on the third centenary of the appointment of 

 Galileo as a professor in the university. 



1896: LL. D., Glasgow University. 



1896: Sc. D., Cambridge University. 



1896: LL. D., Princeton University, on the sesqui-centenary of its founding. 



1899: D. C. L., Oxford University. 



1900: LL. D., University of Cracow, on the fifth centenary of its founding. 



1902: LL. D., Johns Hopkins University, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding. 



1902: Math. D., University of Christiania, on the first centenary of the birth of Abel. 



1904: LL. D., University of Toronto. 



Prof. Newcomb was awarded the following prizes and medals : 



1S74 : The gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for his " researches on the orbits 

 of Neptune and Uranus and for his other contributions to mathematical astronomy." 



1878: The Huyghens gold medal of the Holland Society of Science, Haarlem, awarded 

 biennially " to the individual who, by his researches and discoveries or inventions during the 

 previous 20 years, had, in the judgment of the society, distinguished himself in an exceptional 

 manner in a particular branch of science." 



1890: The Copley medal of the Royal Society for contributions to gravitational 

 astronomy. 



1894: The first prize, $150, of two citizenship prizes of the Anthropological Societ} T of 

 Washington, for his essay on "The elements which make up the most useful citizen of the 

 United States." 



1895: The Astronomical Journal prize of $400, "For the most thorough discussion of 

 the theory of the rotation of the earth, with reference to the recent discovery of the variation 

 of latitude." 



1897: The Schubert prize (900 roubles) of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Petrograd, 

 for notable advances made in mathematical astronomy. 



1897: The Bruce gold medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, in recognition of 

 bis services to astronomy — the first award of the medal. 



1901 : The Sylvester prize of Johns Hopkins University, a bronze medallion of Prof. Syl- 

 vester, "In recognition of his distinction and his service." 



