Born: June 5, 1819, Laneast, United Kingdom.
Died: January 21, 1892, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Higher Education: Mathematics at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom).
Knows for:
- predicting the existence and position of Neptune.
A crater on the Moon is jointly named after him, Walter Adams and Charles Adams. Neptune’s outermost known ring and the asteroid 1996 Adams are also named after him. The Adams Prize, presented by the University of Cambridge, commemorates his prediction of the position of Neptune.
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