Born Alnwick, Northumberland, England, 27 July 1801
Died Greenwich, England, 2 January 1892
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Satterthwaite, G.E. (2014). Airy, George Biddell. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_24
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