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When was George Biddell Airy born?

  • 27 July 1801

  • 2 January 1892

  • 15 August 1805

  • 30 September 1799

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George Biddell Airy was born on July 27, 1801. He was an English astronomer and mathematician who served as the Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. Airy made significant contributions to astronomy, including the development of methods for measuring the distance to the moon and the determination of the mass of the Earth. He also played a key role in the establishment of the Greenwich Mean Time standard.
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