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George Biddell Airy | |
Son of William Airy of Luddington in Lincolnshire, collector of excise in Northumberland. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Event |
27 July 1801 | | Born (Alnwick, Northumberland). |
1814 | 1819 | Grammar school, Colchester. |
1823 | | Graduated Trinity College, Cambridge as senior wrangler and first Smith's prizeman. |
1824 | | Fellow of Trinity College and assistant mathematical tutor. |
7 December 1826 | | Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge. |
1828 | | Member of Astronomical Society. |
6 February 1828 | | Plumian professor of astronomy and director of Cambridge observatory. |
1829 | | Member of Geological Society. |
24 March 1830 | | Married Richarda Smith (died 13 Aug 1875), eldest daughter of Richard Smith, rector of Edensor, near Chatsworth. |
1831 | | Copley medal of the Royal Society. |
1833 | | Gold medal of Astronomical Society for detection of the 'long inequality' of Venus and Earth. |
18 June 1835 | 15 August 1881 | Astronomer Royal. |
21 January 1836 | | Fellow of the Royal Society. |
1838 | | Devised system for correction of compasses in iron ships. |
17 May 1871 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath). |
1872 | 1873 | President of the Royal Society. |
17 June 1872 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). |
2 January 1892 | | Died (after a fall). |
Literature: (DNB). |