Henry Augustus Rowland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Augustus Rowland

American physicist

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1848

Place of Birth: Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1901

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Prof Henry Augustus Rowland FRS(For) HFRSE (November 27, 1848 – April 16, 1901) was an American physicist.
Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society.
He is remembered today particularly for the high quality of the diffraction gratings he made and for the work he did with them on the solar spectrum.