Sir George Airy

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Astronomer Royal British scientist astronomer human

Sir George Airy was a 19th-century British astronomer and Astronomer Royal renowned for his influential work in celestial mechanics, geodesy, and timekeeping.

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Label	Occurrences
George Biddell Airy	5
George Airy	1
Sir George Airy canonical	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Astronomer Royal ⓘ British scientist ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1801-07-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1892-01-02 ⓘ
educatedAt	Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer	Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName	Airy ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ celestial mechanics ⓘ geodesy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ optics ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ
givenName	George ⓘ
hasAsteroidNamedAfter	3112 Airy ⓘ
hasCraterNamedAfter	Airy (Martian crater) ⓘ Airy (lunar crater) ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
knownFor	defining the Greenwich Mean Time standard ⓘ precision meridian observations ⓘ standardization of time in Britain ⓘ work on the figure of the Earth ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
middleName	Biddell ⓘ
notableWork	Airy disk ⓘ surface form: Airy disk theory in optics Airy isostasy model in geophysics ⓘ Airy stress function in elasticity ⓘ establishment of the Greenwich Prime Meridian ⓘ geodetic survey work in Britain ⓘ improvement of astronomical timekeeping at Greenwich ⓘ refinement of planetary orbits ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Alnwick, Northumberland, England ⓘ surface form: Alnwick Northumberland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ Greenwich ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Astronomer Royal ⓘ Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ
residence	CAMBRIDGE ⓘ surface form: Cambridge Greenwich ⓘ
spouse	Richarda Smith ⓘ