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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  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	that	of	a	hard-working,	business	man,	and
  differed	from	that	of	other	hard-working	people	only	in	the	quality	and	variety	of
  his	work.	I