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About George Howard Darwin
Sir George Howard Darwin was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. He is known for the harmonic analysis of the theory of tides as well as the discredited fission theory of the origin of the Moon. The Darwin symbols for tides are named after him.
Everything about George Howard Darwin →- Occupation
- mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist
- Position held
- Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, President of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 9, 1845
- Died
- December 7, 1912