George William Hill

George William Hill (March 3, 1838 – April 16, 1914), U.S. astronomer and mathematician.

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March 3 - 1838 - April 16 - 1914 - U.S. - Astronomer - Mathematician

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Hill was born in New York. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1859. From 1861, he worked at the Nautical Almanac Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His work focused on the mathematics describing the three-body problem, later the four-body problem, to calculate the orbits of the moon around earth, as well as that of planets around the sun.

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New York - Rutgers University - 1859 - 1861 - Nautical Almanac Office - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Three-body problem - Moon - Planet - Sun

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He became president of the American Mathematical Society in 1894, serving for two years. He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1908, as well as to the academies of Belgium (1909), Christiania (1910), Sweden (1913), among others.

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American Mathematical Society - 1894 - Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1908 - Belgium - 1909 - Christiania - 1910 - Sweden - 1913

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Hill died in West Nyack, New York.

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West Nyack - New York

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