Description

Description: This from-life albumen photograph of Airy is marked on both the recto and verso by the photographer, John Watkins, “photographer to the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Ex Royal Family of France”.

Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) was a British scientist and Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. He is well-known for several scientific achievements, including the determination of the mean density of the earth and the inequity on the motions of the Earth and Venus. In 1827, he successfully corrected astigmatism in the human eye…his own. “Airy disk” is named after him, as are several other discoveries. In 1851, he established the Greenwich line which came to be accepted internationally as the Greenwich Meridian.

4 1/8″ x 2 1/2″. Item #P00223

Condition: Appears that someone tried to erase pencil highlighting to Airy’s hair, otherwise good condition.