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Sir George Howard Darwin: Papers

Title	Sir George Howard Darwin: Papers
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.5749-5750
Creator	Darwin, Sir George Howard, 1845-1912
Covering Dates	1882–1895
Extent and Medium	1 folder and 1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Sir George Howard Darwin (1845-1912), mathematician and astronomer, was the son of Charles Darwin. He was educated at Clapham Grammar School and Trinity College Cambridge (B.A., 1868). He was a fellow of Trinity, 1868-1878, and Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge, 1883-1912. Darwin concentrated on the study of the earth in his early work, before examining the earth-moon system and the influence of the tides. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879. His collected works were published in 1907-1911.

Papers and correspondence on tides.

Presented 1913.

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Index Terms

Moon

Tides

Darwin, Sir George Howard (1845-1912) Knight, mathematician and geophysicist

Manuscripts/MS Add.5749-5750 contains:

MS Add.5749

Papers on Tides. G.H. Darwin, papers on the tides, in various hands, 1882-1895, 61 folios.
1 folder.

1882–1895

MS Add.5750

Correspondence on tides. Correspondence on the tides, nos 1-118, 1882-1884. The correspondents include G.H. Darwin, J.C. Adams, A.W. Baird, Edward Roberts, J.T. Walker, E. Neison, R. Strachey, William E. Darwin, J. McDonald, Alfred Whitehouse, Cambridge University Press, Richard H. Stotherd, J.S. White, C. Crone, Carl H. Ryder, G. Herbert Bolland, Sir Richmond Ritchie, W.H. Coombs, E.B. Knobel, Sir Frederick John O. Evans, William Pearce, Edmond P. Dubois, Sir Horace Darwin and Ernest H. Wedgwood. There is also a Report on Tidal Observations, undated and unsigned.
1 volume.

1882–1884