Ernest William Brown FRS (29 November 1866 – 22 July 1938) was a British mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States.
His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids.
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