What is George Biddell Airy?
[[File:George Biddell Airy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|George Biddell Airy.]] '''Sir George Biddell Airy''' (27 July 1801–2 January 1892) was an [[England|English]] [[mathematician]] and [[astronomer]], [[Astronomer Royal]] from [[1835]] to [[1881]]. His many achievements include work on [[planet]]ary [[orbit]]s, measuring the mean density of the [[Earth]], a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in [[solid mechanics]] and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing [[Greenwich]] at the location of the [[prime meridian]]. His reputation has been tarnished by allegations that, through his inaction, Britain lost the opportunity of priority in the discovery of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]]. <gallery> File:Airy, George Biddell – On sound and atmospheric vibrations with the mathematical elements of music, 1871 – BEIC 12186067.jpg|''On sound and atmospheric vibrations with the mathematical elements of music'', 1871 </gallery> == Other websites == * {{MacTutor|id=Airy}} * {{gutenberg author | id=George_Biddell_Airy | name=George Biddell Airy}} * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0002//0000159.000.html Awarding of RAS gold medal, 1833: MNRAS '''2''' (1833) 159] * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0007//0000064.000.html Awarding of RAS gold medal, 1846: MNRAS '''7''' (1846) 64] * {{ScienceWorldBiography | urlname=Airy | title=Airy, George (1801-1892)}} * {{cite book| author = Sir George Biddell Airy| title = Mathematical tracts on the lunar and planetary theories, the figure of the earth, precession and nutation, the calculus of variations, and the undulatory theory of optics: Designed for the use of students in the university| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zMQEAAAAYAAJ| year = 1858| publisher = Macmillan and co.}} * Full texts of some of the papers by Airy are available at ''[http://gallica.bnf.fr Gallica: bibliothèque numérique de la Bibliothèque nationale de France]'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Airy, George Biddell}} [[Category:1801 births]] [[Category:1892 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century Brit