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1892: — Phil. Nat. D., University of Padua, Italy. 



1892 :— ScD. Dublin. 



1895-1903 ;— Mathematical Editor of Science. 



1895, June 17 : — Elected one of the eight Foreign Associate members of the Acad- 

 emy of Science of the Institute of France, to succeed Dr. Helmholtz, 

 the celebrated Physiologist. The first native American since Franklin 

 so honored. 



1895, Aug. 1 : — Foreign Associate of the R. Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. 



1895 : — Awarded the Astronomical Journal prize of $4;00 for the " most thorough 



discussion of the theory of the rotation of the earth, with reference 

 to the recently discovered variation of latitude." 



1896, June 18 : — 'ScD., Cambridge University, England. In introducing Prof. 



Newcomb, the public orator said that his distinction was owing in a great 

 degree to his comparative researches in ancient lunar observations. 



1896 : — LL.D. Princeton University. 



1896 : — (LL.D. Glasgow University. 



1896, Dec. : — Elected President of the American ]\Iathematical Society. Elected 

 a member, Nov., 1891. 



1896, Jan. 19 : — Elected an officer of the Legion of Honour of France. These 



officers are limited to 4,000. Newcomb was authorized by Congress to 

 receive this decoration (see Congressional Records, March 3, 1897). The 

 rules of the U. S. Govt, do not allow its servants to wear the decoration 

 without permission. 



1897 : — Elected a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg. 

 1897: — Awarded the Schubert Gold Medal (900 roubles) by the Imperial Academy 



of St. Petersburg. This was the third time that the medal had been 

 awarded. 



1897, Feb. 22 : — 'At the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the founding of 



Johns Hopkins University, he is requested by the faculty and friends 

 to sit for a portrait to be given to the University. This painting was 

 executed by R. G. Hardie and was reproduced in the American Jl. of 

 Mathematics. See "Biography, and Portraits" XXIX. 



1898 : — Cape Newcomb of the Hoyt Islands, Hubbard Bay, West Greenland, is 



named after Prof. Newcomb. 

 1898 : — The first recipient of the Bruce Gold Medal, from the Astronomical Society 

 of the Pacific. In 1897, Miss Bruce gave to this Socety " a sum of 

 money for the foundation of a gold medal, to be awarded annually as 

 a recognition of services to astronomy, and to be given to the one judged 

 most worthy, without restriction as to race, nationality or sex. No 

 person shall be twice a recipient." In ISOl, Miss Bruce gave Prof. 

 Pickering $6,000, to be distributed for the promotion of astronomical 

 research. A portion of this amount was assigned to Prof. Newcomb. 



1898, Mar. 16 : — Elected Honorary Member of the Colonial Society of ]Massa- 



chusetts. 



1898, May 13 : — Elected Member Kon. Akad. Wetensch, Amsterdam. 



1899, June 8 :— D.C.L. Oxford University. 



1899, June 22 :— Elected Associate Corresp. Member of the Reale Instituto Lom- 



bardo di Scienze e Lettere in Milano. 

 1899, Sept. : — Elected the first President of the Astronomical and Astrophysical 



Society of America. Holds this ofiicc to the present time. 

 1900 : — Elected correspondent of the 'Bureau des Longitudes of Paris. 



