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George William Hill
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George William Hill was an American astronomer and mathematician, born in New York City on 3 March 1838. He studied at Rutgers University under Theodore Strong, was influenced by Charles-Eugène Delaunay, and taught at Columbia University. Hill belonged to the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and received the Copley Medal, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Bruce Medal. His work produced the Hill differential equation and the concept of the Hill sphere. He died in Nyack on 16 April 1914.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1838-03-03 ) March 3, 1838, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- April 16, 1914 (1914-04-16) (aged 76), West Nyack , New York, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Rutgers University
- Known for
- Hill differential equation Hill sphere Lunar theory
- Awards
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1887) Damoiseau Prize of the Institut de France (1898) Copley Medal (1909) Bruce Medal (1909)
- Fields
- Astronomy , mathematics
- Institutions
- Columbia University , United States Naval Observatory
- Academic advisors
- Theodore Strong
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Nyack
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Rutgers University
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Hill sphere
- Student of
- Theodore Strong
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- George William Hill with signature, ca. 1895.jpg
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- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1838-03-03
- date of death
- 1914-04-16
- Commons category
- George William Hill (mathematician)
- name in native language
- George William Hill
- influenced by
- Charles-Eugène Delaunay
- interested in
- astronomy
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- TPE331
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Encyclopedic overview
George William Hill (March 3, 1838 – April 16, 1914) was an American astronomer and mathematician. Working independently and largely in isolation from the wider scientific community, he made major contributions to celestial mechanics and to the theory of ordinary differential equations. The importance of his work was explicitly acknowledged by Henri Poincaré in 1905. In 1909 Hill was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal, "on the ground of his researches in mathematical astronomy". Hill is remembered for the Hill differential equation, along with the Hill sphere.
Early life and education
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