On this day in 1801 - July 27th - English mathematician and Astronomer Royal Sir George Biddell Airy was born.
He's known for his work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, for establishing the meridian in Greenwich in London that became the prime meridian of the world.
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