George Howard Darwin - Definition and Overview

George Howard Darwin

Sir George Howard Darwin, F.R.S. (July 9 1845 – December 7 1912) was a British astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin.

He studied under Charles Pritchard, went on to study at Cambridge University, was admitted to the Bar, but returned to science. In 1883 he became Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University

He studied tidal forces involving the Sun, Moon, and Earth.

He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1892, and also later served as president of that organization.

Darwin married Martha (Maud) du Puy of Philadelphia. They had two sons (see Charles Galton Darwin), and two daughters.

External links

• Mathematicians (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Darwin.html)
• details of correspondence (http://www.nahste.ac.uk/cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0237-Sir-Archibald-Geikie-Gen-524-14&view=basic)

	Topics relating to Charles Darwin
	Family: Erasmus Darwin (grandfather) - Josiah Wedgwood (maternal grandfather) - Emma Darwin (wife) - William Darwin; Anne Darwin; Etty Darwin; George Darwin; Elizabeth Darwin; Francis Darwin; Leonard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Charles Waring Darwin (children) - Francis Galton (cousin)
	Contributions to evolutionary biology: Evolution by means of natural and sexual selection.
	Books: The Voyage of the Beagle - The Origin of Species - The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
	Named in honour of Darwin: Darwin Medal - Darwin, Australia - Charles Darwin University, Darwin College, Cambridge