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XIII.—SIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY was born at Alnwick, Northumberland, on July 27, 1801. He was first educated at private schools in Hereford and Colchester, and passed at the age of eighteen to Cambridge, where he entered at Trinity College as sizar. Here he developed his love for mathematics and graduated as senior wrangler in the year 1823.
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Winnecke, A. SCIENTIFIC WORTHIES . Nature 18, 689–691 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018689a0
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