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| George Biddell Airy | |||
| Son of William Airy of Luddington in Lincolnshire, collector of excise in Northumberland. | |||
| 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). | |||
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