1801 - 1892
Sir George Biddell Airy (; 27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Biddell Airy has received more than 302,299 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). George Biddell Airy is the 106th most popular astronomer (down from 98th in 2019), the 1,047th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 916th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Astronomer.
George Biddell Airy is most famous for his work in astronomy, specifically his work on the measurement of the Earth's density.
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Among astronomers, George Biddell Airy ranks 106 out of 531. Before him are J. Allen Hynek, James Van Allen, Mary Somerville, Reinhard Genzel, Frank Drake, and Edward Charles Pickering. After him are Ernst Öpik, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Heinrich Schwabe, Arthur Auwers, and Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf.
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 100
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 101
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 102
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 103
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 104
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 105
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 106
1893 - 1985
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 107
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 108
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 109
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 110
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 111
1526 - 1580
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 112
Among people born in 1801, George Biddell Airy ranks 18. Before him are Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Joseph Lanner, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Antoine Augustin Cournot, Princess Sophie of Sweden, and Prince Charles of Prussia. After him are Thomas Cole, Albert Lortzing, Moritz von Jacobi, Immanuel Nobel, Karl Baedeker, and Marie Laveau. Among people deceased in 1892, George Biddell Airy ranks 21. Before him are Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Charles Spurgeon, Deodoro da Fonseca, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, and Tewfik Pasha. After him are Yoshitoshi, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Henry Walter Bates, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Annibale de Gasparis, and Ravachol.
1801 - 1862
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 12
1801 - 1843
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 13
1801 - 1832
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 14
1801 - 1877
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 15
1801 - 1865
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 16
1801 - 1883
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 17
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 18
1801 - 1848
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 19
1801 - 1851
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 20
1801 - 1874
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 21
1801 - 1872
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 22
1801 - 1859
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 23
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 24
1809 - 1892
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 15
1822 - 1892
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 16
1834 - 1892
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 17
1827 - 1892
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 18
1818 - 1892
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 19
1852 - 1892
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 20
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 21
1839 - 1892
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 22
1803 - 1892
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 23
1825 - 1892
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 24
1839 - 1892
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 25
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 26
1859 - 1892
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 27
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Biddell Airy ranks 1,047 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Graham (1805), Jack Phillips (1887), Geraldine McEwan (1932), John Horton Conway (1937), Charles Spearman (1863), and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854). After him are Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), Alan Parsons (1948), David Hamilton (1933), Michael Houghton (1949), and Kim Wilde (1960).
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,041
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,042
1932 - 2015
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,043
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,044
1863 - 1945
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,045
1854 - 1934
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 1,046
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,047
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,048
831 - 860
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,049
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,050
1933 - 2016
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,051
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,052
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,053
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, George Biddell Airy ranks 14. Before him are George Darwin (1845), William Lassell (1799), Stephen Gray (1666), Antony Hewish (1924), William Huggins (1824), and Mary Somerville (1780). After him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), Adelard of Bath (1075), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), John Russell Hind (1823), and Williamina Fleming (1857).
1845 - 1912
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 8
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 9
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 10
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 11
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 12
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 13
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 14
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 15
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 16
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 17
1800 - 1867
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 18
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 19
1857 - 1911
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 20