# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-howard-darwin
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:07:53.144Z

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name: "George Howard Darwin"
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description: "Sir George Howard Darwin was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. He is known for the harmonic analysis of the theory of tides as well as the discredited fission theory of the origin of the Moon. The Darwin symbols for tides are named after him."
tagline: "English astronomer, mathematician (1845–1912)"
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birthDate: "1845-07-09"
deathDate: "1912-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump