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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Astronomer
Mathematician
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Copley_Medal
Royal Medal
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1807-07-27
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gptkbp:bornIn
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gptkb:Alnwick,_Northumberland,_England
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:Eleanor_Airy
gptkb:George_Airy
gptkb:Henry_Airy
gptkb:John_William_Airy
gptkb:Mary_Airy
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1892-01-27
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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Eastbourne,_Sussex,_England
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gptkbp:field
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Astronomy
Mathematics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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John Airy
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Isaac_Newton
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gptkbp:inventor
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Airy function
Airy telescope
Airy integral
Airy phase function
Airy wave equation
Airy distribution
Airy pattern
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Airy disk
Airy's_formula
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Arthur_Cayley
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:George_Biddell_Airy
gptkb:John_Couch_Adams
gptkb:William_Spottiswoode
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gptkbp:position
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Astronomer Royal
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Nevil_Maskelyne
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gptkbp:researchField
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Geodesy
Optics
Physics
Mathematical astronomy
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Eleanor_Airy
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:George_Biddell_Airy
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gptkbp:workLocation
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gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:Royal_Greenwich_Observatory
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