Henry Augustus Rowland
American physicist
Died when: 52 years 140 days (628 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Henry Augustus Rowland ForMemRS HonFRSE (November 27, 1848 – April 16, 1901) was an American physicist and Johns Hopkins educator.Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society.
He is remembered primarily for the high quality of the diffraction gratings he made and for the work he did with them on the solar spectrum.
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