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George Biddell Airy

1801 - 1892

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Sir George Biddell Airy (; 27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Biddell Airy is the 120th most popular astronomer (up from 148th in 2019), the 1,033rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,228th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Astronomer.

George Biddell Airy is most famous for his work in astronomy, specifically his work on the measurement of the Earth's density.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Biddell Airy ranks 120 out of 644. Before him are James Van Allen, Petrus Plancius, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Heinrich Schwabe, Yrjö Väisälä, and Abu-Mahmud Khojandi. After him are Frank Drake, N. R. Pogson, Ernst Öpik, Maria Mitchell, Girolamo Fracastoro, and Hermann Goldschmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, George Biddell Airy ranks 15. Before him are Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Maria Theresa of Austria, John Henry Newman, Joseph Plateau, and Joseph Lanner. After him are Antoine Augustin Cournot, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Princess Sophie of Sweden, Vladimir Dal, Zénaïde Bonaparte, and Immanuel Nobel. Among people deceased in 1892, George Biddell Airy ranks 24. Before him are August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Henry Walter Bates, Thomas Cook, Tewfik Pasha, Charles Spurgeon, and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia. After him are Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Cyrus West Field, John Pope, Jules Perrot, Emin Pasha, and Ravachol.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Biddell Airy ranks 1,033 out of 8,785. Before him are David Cameron (1966), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Thomas Mun (1571), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and Alexander Bain (1818). After him are Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Tony Brooks (1932), Stephen Frears (1941), Leonard Hobhouse (1864), Alan Parsons (1948), and David Lodge (1935).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, George Biddell Airy ranks 15. Before him are John Flamsteed (1646), Fred Hoyle (1915), Antony Hewish (1924), John Russell Hind (1823), William Huggins (1824), and Stephen Gray (1666). After him are N. R. Pogson (1829), Mary Somerville (1780), George Darwin (1845), Williamina Fleming (1857), Adelard of Bath (1075), and James Dunlop (1793).

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