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Samuel Langley
American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd secretary of the smithsonian (1834-1906).
Born August 22nd, 1834 in Roxbury.
Died February 27th, 1906 at 71 years old in Aiken.
Occupations
aerospace engineer, aircraft pilot, astronomer, astrophysicist, inventor, military flight engineer, physicist
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