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0651919 - Sir George Howard Darwin, F.R.S. (1845-1912) was a British astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin. From Darwin and the Beagle by Alan Moorhead, page 268.
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 (see Gwen Raverat).
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