G. H. Darwin

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academic astronomer human mathematician

G. H. Darwin was a British mathematician and astronomer, and the son of Charles Darwin, known for his influential work on tidal theory and the dynamics of the Earth–Moon system.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
burialPlace Trumpington, Cambridgeshire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1845-07-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1912-12-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Clapham Grammar School ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Darwin ⓘ
father Charles Darwin ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ
dynamics of the Earth–Moon system ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
tidal theory ⓘ
fullName George Howard Darwin ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Edward Routh ⓘ
surface form: Edward John Routh
hasChild Charles Galton Darwin ⓘ
Gwendoline Mary Darwin ⓘ
Gwendoline Mary Darwin ⓘ
surface form: Margaret Elizabeth Darwin

William Robert Darwin ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Philosophical Society ⓘ
Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
middleName Howard ⓘ
mother Emma Darwin ⓘ
notableFor contributions to the theory of tidal friction ⓘ
mathematical analysis of planetary and satellite formation ⓘ
studies of the stability and fission of rotating fluid masses ⓘ
work on tidal evolution of the Earth–Moon system ⓘ
notableWork The Tides and Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System ⓘ
occupation scientist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Downe ⓘ
England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridgeshire

England ⓘ
positionHeld Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
residence CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Anne Elizabeth Darwin ⓘ
surface form: Anne Darwin

Susan Elizabeth Darwin ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Darwin

Francis Darwin ⓘ
Henrietta Litchfield ⓘ
Leonard Darwin ⓘ
William Erasmus Darwin ⓘ
spouse Maud du Puy ⓘ
title Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
workLocation CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

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