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George H. Darwin was born at Down House, Kent, the fifth child of biologist Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin . From the age of 11 he studied under Charles Pritchard at Clapham Grammar School, and entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1863, though he soon moved to Trinity College, [2] where his tutor was Edward John Routh.
Sir George Darwin (born July 9, 1845, Downe, Kent, England—died December 7, 1912, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was an English astronomer who championed the theory that the Moon was once part of the Earth, until it was pulled free to form a satellite. The second son of the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin, he became Plumian professor of ...
Jul 9, 2011 · George Darwin was the second son of Emma Wedgwood and Charles Darwin. His father was the author of On the origin of the species and, as a consequence, one of the most famous scientists of his time. George's mother Emma Wedgwood was from another famous family, being a granddaughter of Josiah Wedgwood who is famed for his world famous pottery.
A span of 100 million years, however, seemed more plausible to him. Although Darwin seems to have been on the right track about Earth’s age, modern instruments have shown that Earth is 4.5 billion years older than William Thomson’s (and George Darwin’s) calculations.
Sir George Howard Darwin, was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin.
memoir of sir george darwin by his brother sir francis darwin; the scientific work of sir george darwin by professor e. w. brown; inaugural lecture (delivered at cambridge, in 1883, on election to the plumian professorship) introduction to dynamical astronomy; lectures on hill's lunar theory; on librating planets and on a new family of periodic ...
Book description. Sir George Darwin (1845–1912) was the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin. After studying mathematics at Cambridge he read for the Bar, but soon returned to science and to Cambridge, where in 1883 he was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy. His family home is now the location of ...
