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Sir George Biddell Airy
(1801-1892)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892
NRA:    Airy Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight astronomer and mathematician
DNB:    Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801–1892), astronomer
LBT ID: GeAiry1892    VIAF ID: 24591712    LOC ID: n80138214
B/BAP:   1801-07-27
DIED:   1892-01-02
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was afterwards professor of mathematics and professor of astronomy. He was appointed Astronomer Royal in 1835.
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