What is John Couch Adams?
{{Infobox scientist | name = John Couch Adams | image = [[File:John Couch Adams.jpg|250px]] | birth_date = 5 June 1819 | death_date = 21 January 1892 }} '''John Couch Adams''' (5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892), was an [[English people|English]] [[mathematician]] and [[astronomer]]. Adams was born in [[Laneast]], [[Cornwall]] and died in [[Cambridge]]. He was famous for co-discovering the planet [[Neptune]]. == Other websites == * [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Adams.html Biography on the St Andrews database] * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0026//0000157.000.html Awarding of RAS gold medal: MNRAS '''26''' (1866) 157] * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/AJ.../0011//0000112.000.html AJ '''11''' (1892) 112] * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0053//0000184.000.html MNRAS '''53''' (1892) 184] * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/Obs../0015//0000173.000.html Obs '''15''' (1892) 173] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, John Couch}} [[Category:1819 births]] [[Category:1892 deaths]] [[Category:English astronomers]] [[Category:English mathematicians]] [[Category:People from Cornwall]]