[ARCHIBALD] LIFE AND WORKS OF SIMON NEWCOMB 85 



1883, June 7 : — Elected Corresponding Member of the Konigliche Preussischen 



Akademie der Wissenschaften. 



1884 :— LL.D. Harvard. 



1884, July 22 : — Appointed by President Arthur, Commissioner of the National 



Conference of Electricians at Philadelphia. 



1884, Oct. : — Appointed Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Johns Hop- 

 kins University, resigning in 1893. He was reappointed in 1898 and 

 retains the position to the present time. 



1884: — 'Elected Corresponding Member of the British Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



1884-94, 1899, 1900: — Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Mathematics. 

 For the rest of the time, from the foundation of the Journal in 1878 

 to the present. Associate Editor. 



1885 : — ^Elected the first President of the Society for Psychical Research. 



1886 : — D.Sc, Heidelberg, on the celebration of the 500th anniversary of its 



founding. 

 1887: — President of the Political Economy Club of America. 



1887 :— LL.D. Columbia. 



1887: — Elected one of the 8 members of the Council of the Astronomische Gesell- 

 schaft, an international astronomical society that meets once in two 

 years. 



1887, Apr. 19 : — ^Elected Honorary Member of the Manchester Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society. 



1887 : — The Russian Emperor orders his portrait to be painted and placed in 



the Government Gallery of famous astronomers at Polkova. 



1888 : — ^Elected Correspondent of the Konigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenchaften of 



Gottingen. 



1888 : — Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan, officially presents him with a pair 



of bronze vases of exquisite workmanship and design and great intrinsic 

 value. 



1889 : — ^Presented with a rare vase of Jasper on a pedestal of black marble, 



six and one-half feet high, which, says Mr. Nyren's letter announcing 

 the gift. " in recognition of these deserts, His Majesty the Emperor 

 graciously sends as a present for you from the observatory at Pulkowa." 

 An attached metal label has the following inscription : "A Monsieur le 

 Professeur Simon Newcomb de la part de l'observatoire Central Nicolas 

 de Poulkovo 7/19 Août, 1889." 



1890 : — ^Awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society for contributions to 



gravitational astronomy. Franklin was the first recipient of this medal, 

 in 1753. 



1890, Nov. 3 : — Elected Honorary Fellow (number limited to 15) of The Toronto 



Astronomical Society, now the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 

 1S91 : — LL.D., Edinburgh University. This degree was first offered on 

 April 17. 1884, the date of celebration of the 300th anniversary of the 

 founding of the university. 



1891, June 17 : — One of the twenty-one eminent scientific men to be elected an 



Honorary Member of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, on the 

 celebration of the Faraday Centenary. 



1891 : — Honorary Member (number restricted to 50) of the New York Academy 



of Sciences. 

 1891, Dec. 15 : — Elected Associate Member (number limited to 50) of L'Académie 

 Royalp de Belgique (Brussels). 



