Sir George Darwin

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1845-07-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Downe,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Trumpington,_Cambridgeshire
gptkbp:child gptkb:Gwen_Raverat
gptkb:Leonard_Darwin
gptkb:Charles_Galton_Darwin
gptkb:Margaret_Elizabeth_Darwin
gptkb:William_Robert_Darwin
gptkbp:deathDate 1912-12-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_Observatory_(journal)
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:elects 1879
gptkbp:father gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:George_Howard_Darwin
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir George Darwin
gptkbp:knownFor tidal theory
lunar origin theories
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Emma_Darwin
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
gptkbp:notableWork fission theory of Moon formation
theory of tidal evolution
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:professor
astronomer
gptkbp:position gptkb:Plumian_Professor_of_Astronomy_and_Experimental_Philosophy
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Cambridge_Philosophical_Society
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Anne_Darwin
gptkb:Elizabeth_Darwin
gptkb:Francis_Darwin
gptkb:Henrietta_Litchfield
gptkb:Horace_Darwin
gptkb:Leonard_Darwin
gptkb:Mary_Darwin
gptkbp:signature George Darwin signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maud_du_Puy
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edwardian_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4