Sir George Airy

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

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
George Biddell Airy 25
George Airy 1
Sir George Airy canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
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 theory in optics ⓘ
linked to: Airy disk

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 ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Greenwich ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Astronomer Royal ⓘ
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ
residence Cambridge ⓘ
linked to: CAMBRIDGE

Greenwich ⓘ
spouse Richarda Smith ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Clock of Westminster → designedBy → Sir George Airy ⓘ
Astronomer Royal → hasTitleHolder → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Lalande Prize → hasNotableRecipient → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
John Couch Adams → hasAcademicAdvisor → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy disk → namedAfter → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Board of Longitude → notableAssociatedPerson → George Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy 1830 ellipsoid → namedAfter → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy 1830 ellipsoid → developedBy → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
J. C. Adams → hasAcademicAdvisor → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry → notableHolder → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy (Martian crater) → namedAfter → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy (Martian crater) → eponym → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Biddell → isMiddleNameOf → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
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Biddell → nameBearer → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy → notableBearer → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy isostasy model → proposedBy → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy isostasy model → namedAfter → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
3112 Airy → namedAfter → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy (lunar crater) → namedAfter → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy (lunar crater) → eponym → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy (lunar crater) → honoursPerson → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Richarda Smith → spouse → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Richarda Smith → marriedToAstronomerRoyal → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
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Richarda Smith → spouseName → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy
Airy Transit Circle → designedBy → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
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Airy Transit Circle → namedAfter → George Biddell Airy ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Airy