Airy, Sir George Biddell, (1801-1892), Knight, astronomer and mathematician

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Surname:	Airy
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	George Biddell
Gender:	Male
Date:	1801-1892
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892), Knight astronomer and mathematician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P152922 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P269 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir George Biddell Airy

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers as Astronomer Royal	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	RGO 6	NRA 22822 Greenwich Observator See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2	1828-1980: journals, diaries and memoranda	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Obsy H.1	NRA 43261
3	corresp	Wellcome Library	MS.7108	See Annual review 1994-95
4	biography with his MS notes	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS HUN	NRA 39241
5	c1836-63: corresp rel to London University	London University: Senate House Library	MS 929	See Guide to archives and MSS in University of London vol 1 1984
6	1826-55: letters (20) to Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37183-86, 37194, 37196
7	1851-77: letters (45) to James Bosanquet	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MS Add 89	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
8	1845-46: corresp with Lord Ellenborough	The National Archives	PRO 30/12
9	corresp with James Forbes	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep7	NRA 13132
10	1860-68: letters from JP Gassiot	The National Archives	BJ1
11	letters to Sir David Gill	Royal Geographical Society	DOG	See RGS archives p163
12	letters (11) to James Glaisher	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Glaisher	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
13	1837-59: letters to S Grimaldi	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34189
14	1824-75: corresp with Sir John Herschel	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
15	1836-70: corresp with Sir John Herschel	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		NRA 13677 Herschel
16	letters to Lord Arthur Charles Hervey	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett c 297
17	1837, 1861-63: corresp with John Lee	Buckinghamshire Archives	D-X 720	NRA 24572
18	1860-63: letters to Sir George Cornewall Lewis	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Harpton Court	NRA 22798 Duff Gordon
19	letters to Sir Norman Lockyer	University of Exeter Library (Special Collections)		NRA 11128
20	1829-60: letters to Sir John Lubbock	Royal Society	JWL
21	1835-65: corresp with Sir Charles Lyell	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Lyell 1
22	1835-46: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40414-593 passim
23	1836-58: letters to Baden Powell	Oxford University: History of Science Museum		NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
24	1861-83: letters to Bartholomew Price	Oxford University: Pembroke College Archives	60/14	NRA 29439 Oxford Univ Pembroke
25	1844-51: corresp with Sir Francis Ronalds	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 1.3, 1.9	NRA 38778 Ronalds
26	1843-79: letters to Earls of Rosse	Birr Castle Archives		NRA 25548 Parsons
27	1832-88: letters to Royal Astronomical Society	Royal Astronomical Society Library	RAS letters	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
28	1841-52: letters to Sir Edward Sabine	The National Archives	BJ3/20
29	letters to Professor Sedgwick and his daughter	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MS79/120	NRA 20623
30	1836-59: letters (214) to Richard Sheepshanks	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Sheepshanks	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
31	1835-61: letters to Archibald Smith	Glasgow City Archives	TD1	NRA 20864 Smith
32	letters to Admiral WH Smyth	American Philosophical Society Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
33	1848-82: letters (370) to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
34	letters to John Tyndall etc	Royal Institution of Great Britain		NRA 9522
35	1823-66: corresp with William Whewell	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	WHEWELL	NRA 8804
36	letters (10)	University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives		NRA 9512 Liverpool scient
37	c1823-1911: certificates incl 90th birthday	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	ZBA1201-1210
38	19th cent: family papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.10214	See Annual Return 2018