George Howard Darwin

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academic astronomer human mathematician

George Howard Darwin was a British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on tidal theory and the evolution of the Earth–Moon system.

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instanceOf	academic → astronomer → human → mathematician →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Master of Arts →
almaMater	Cambridge University → surface form: "University of Cambridge"
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society → Royal Medal →
birthDate	1845-07-09 →
birthPlace	Downe, Kent, England →
child	Charles Galton Darwin →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1912-12-07 →
deathPlace	Cambridge, England →
educatedAt	Trinity College, Cambridge →
familyName	Darwin →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → celestial mechanics → geophysics → mathematics → tidal theory →
fullName	George Howard Darwin →
givenName	George →
honorificTitle	Sir →
knownFor	mathematical analysis of tides → studies of the Earth–Moon system → theory of the fission origin of the Moon → work on tidal theory →
memberOf	Cambridge Philosophical Society → Royal Astronomical Society → Royal Society →
nationality	British →
notableWork	Scientific Papers (collected) → The Tides and Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System →
parent	Charles Darwin → Emma Darwin →
positionHeld	Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge → Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge → President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science → President of the Royal Astronomical Society →
residence	Cambridge, England →
sibling	Francis Darwin → Leonard Darwin →
spouse	Maud du Puy →

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