Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAstronomerHistoryG.B. Airy (1801-1892), Astronomer Royal 1835-1881, was among those "gentlemen from the Mother Country" invited by the University Council to assist in selecting the University's first four Professors. The Committee was led by Sir John Herschel and included Professor of Greek H. Malden, of London, Robert Lowe and the Chief Justice of Victoria, Sir William a'Beckett, then visiting Britain.
G.B. Airy (1801-1892), Astronomer Royal 1835-1881, was among those "gentlemen from the Mother Country" invited by the University Council to assist in selecting the University's first four Professors. The Committee was led by Sir John Herschel and included Professor of Greek H. Malden, of London, Robert Lowe and the Chief Justice of Victoria, Sir William a'Beckett, then visiting Britain.
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