Henry Augustus Rowland

Henry Augustus Rowland 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 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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Who was born first?

• Henry Augustus Rowland and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher were born the same year
• Henry Augustus Rowland and Margaret Lindsay Huggins were born the same year
• Henry Augustus Rowland and Benjamin Baillaud were born the same year
• Henry Augustus Rowland and Elia Millosevich were born the same year
• Henry Augustus Rowland and Kurd Lasswitz were born the same year

Timeline

1. Benjamin BaillaudFebruary 14, 1848 – July 1934
2. Elia MillosevichSeptember 5, 1848 – December 5, 1919
3. Henry Augustus Rowland (this page)November 27, 1848 – April 16, 1901
4. James Whitbread Lee GlaisherNovember 5, 1848 – December 7, 1928
5. Kurd LasswitzApril 20, 1848 – October 17, 1910
6. Margaret Lindsay HugginsAugust 14, 1848 – March 24, 1915

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