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George Howard Darwin
Sign in to saveAlso known as George Darwin, Sir George Howard Darwin, G. H. Darwin, George H. Darwin, Xhorxh Honard Darvin
English astronomer, mathematician (1845–1912)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- On monuments to Cambridge men at the University of Padua
- Scientific Papers; Volume 2
- Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin : Volume 5
- Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin
- The Tides and Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System; the Substance of Lectures Delivered in 1897 at the Lowell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Discography
- Feed the Pony EP!2007
- All The Time / Go This Way2008
- The Hardcore Underground EP2009
- Summer Of Love / Drums Are Drumming2010
- Ambient Angels / Peak 1.1 / Musical Endeavour / Hardcore Soldier2010
- I Found You / Believe Again2011
- Make U Mine / Let's Live Forever2011
- Love Obsession (SMD Remix) / Only For Me2012
- Reanimated EP2020
- Project:Breakneck2020
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,950x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,640x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,912x
- <i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
· 2009 · cited 31,442x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,657x
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Key facts
- Born
- George Howard Darwin , ( 1845-07-09 ) 9 July 1845, Down House , Downe , Kent, England
- Died
- 7 December 1912 (1912-12-07) (aged 67), Cambridge , England
- Alma mater
- St John's College, Cambridge , Trinity College, Cambridge
- Known for
- Darwin symbols
- Spouse
- Martha (Maud) du Puy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1884 )
- Children
- 5, including Gwen and , Charles Galton
- Parent s
- Charles Darwin , Emma Wedgwood
- Awards
- Smith's Prize (1868), The William Hopkins Prize (1879), Royal Medal (1884), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1892), Copley Medal (1911)
- Fields
- Astronomy and mathematics
- Academic advisors
- Edward John Routh
- Notable students
- Ernest William Brown , E. T. Whittaker
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir George Howard Darwin (9 July 1845 – 7 December 1912) was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. He is known for the harmonic analysis of the theory of tides as well as the discredited fission theory of the origin of the Moon. The Darwin symbols for tides are named after him.
Biography
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