title: Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy (Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy)
author: George Biddell Airy
description: George Biddell Airy served as Astronomer Royal from 1835 until 1881. He carried out important scientific work on planetary orbits and was responsible for the establishment of the prime meridian at Greenwich. This autobiography, edited by his son Wilfred, is drawn from Airy's scientific records and private and business correspondence.
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  Title: Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
  
  
  
  
  
  Author: George Biddell Airy
  
  
  
  
  
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  ##  AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  
  
  
  
  
  #####  OF
  
  
  
  
  
  #####  SIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY, K.C.B.,
  
  
  
  
  
  #####  M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.,
  
  
  
  
  
  #####  HONORARY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,
  
  
  ASTRONOMER ROYAL FROM 1836 TO 1881.
  
  
  
  
  
  ####  EDITED BY
  
  
  
  
  
  WILFRID AIRY, B.A., M.Inst.C.E.
  
  
  
  
  
  1896
  
  
  
  
  
  ## PREFACE.
  
  
  
  
  
  The life of Airy was essentially th