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Authorised form of nameHill; George William (1838 - 1914)
Dates1838 - 1914
NationalityAmerican
Place of birthNew York, New York, USA
Date of birth03 March 1838
Place of deathWest Nyack, New York, USA
Date of death16/04/1914
Research fieldMathematical astronomy
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election27/11/1902
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1909
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1914-1915 vol 91 pp xlii-li signed by E W B
CodeNA1511
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1902/24Hill, George William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/36/299Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Mr Hugh Frank Newall, Fellow of the Royal Society9 October 1907
NLB/41/230Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr George William Hill, Foreign Member of the Royal Society4 November 1909
NLB/41/382Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr George William Hill, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.2 December 1902
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