self-educated American astronomer and rear admiral of the United States Navy. worked for the United States Coast Survey and researched tides and currents, commander of the Western Gunboat Flotilla in the U.S. Civil War, one of the founders of the National Academy of Sciences, author of several books.
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America, discovery and exploration, Arctic regions, discovery and exploration, History, Integrals, Intramercurial Planets, Naval operations, Navigation, Orbits, Perturbation (Astronomy), Pilot guides, Ships, United States Civil War, 1861-1865Time
Civil War, 1861-1865ID Numbers
- OLID: OL15487576A
- ISNI: 0000000108013402
- VIAF: 69134491
- Wikidata: Q5078930
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q5078930
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- Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
- Davis, Charles Henry
- Charles Henry Davis United States Navy admiral (1807-1877)
- Davis, C.H.
- Charles H. Davis
- C. H. Davis
- 查尔斯·亨利·戴维斯
- تشارلز هنري ديفيس
- تشارلز هنرى ديفيس
- چارلز هنری دیویس
- Чарльз Генри Дэвис
- Дэвис, Чарльз Генри
- Davis, Charles Henry <1807-1877>
- Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877
- Rear Adm Charles Henry Davis (16 Jan 1807 - 18 Feb 1877)