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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy

English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892)

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About George Biddell Airy

Sir George Biddell Airy was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian.

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Occupation

mathematician, astronomer, physicist, university teacher

Position held

Astronomer Royal, President of the Royal Society, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

July 27, 1801, 1801

Died

January 2, 1892, 1892

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