George Biddell Airy
1801 - 1892
- Born
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27 July 1801
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- Died
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02 January 1892
Greenwich, London
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 21/01/1836
- Fields of Interest
- Astronomy
- Relationships
- Father-in-law of Edward John Routh (FRS 1872)
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
Author of
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Unpublished letter, 'Report upon a letter addressed by the Baron de Humboldt to HRH the President of the Royal Society and communicated by HRH to the Council' from S [Samuel] Hunter Christie and G B [George Biddell] Airy to the President of the Royal Society
Creator: George Biddell Airy, Samuel Hunter Christie Reference number: AP/20/8 -
Unpublished paper, 'Explanation of the construction, positions, comparisons, and times of observation, of the meteorological instruments at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, with which the observations have been made that are contained in the sheets of meteorological observations (from 1 and 2 for each month from November 1840 to July 1841, both included)' by G B [George Biddell] Airy
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: AP/25/1 -
Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory, to J F W Herschel
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: MM/11/160 -
Letter from Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College Dublin, to J F W Herschel
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: MM/11/162 -
Letter from G B Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to J F W Herschel
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: MM/11/187 -
Paper, 'On an inequality of long period in the motion of the earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: PT/20/3
Referee of
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Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Report of observations made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena of the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the Land's End and up the English Channel. Embodied in a letter to the hydrographer' by Frederick William Beechey
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/1/22 -
Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On a remarkable property of the diamond' by David Brewster
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/1/33 -
Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the comet of 1844-45' by John Collingwood Haile
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/1/84 -
Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the state of the interior of the earth' by William Hopkins
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/1/105 -
Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the state of the interior of the earth' by William Hopkins
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/1/106 -
Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the state of the interior of the earth' by William Hopkins
Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: RR/1/108
Recipient of
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Draft letter, from Sir John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated in South Africa
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/1/70 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Hanover
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/1/74 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/1/83 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/1/100 -
Draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/1/107 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/1/110
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
351 letters -
William Lassell
1 letter