Background
AIRY, Osmund was born on October 29, 1845 in Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Youngest son of late Sir G. B. Airy, Knight Commander of the Bath, Astronomer-Royal, and Richarda Smith, daughter of Reverend C. Smith, Edensor, Derbyshire.
AIRY, Osmund was born on October 29, 1845 in Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Youngest son of late Sir G. B. Airy, Knight Commander of the Bath, Astronomer-Royal, and Richarda Smith, daughter of Reverend C. Smith, Edensor, Derbyshire.
Studied at Blackheath Proprietary School. Trinity College Cambridge. 27th Wrangler, 1868.
Doctor of Laws; Master of Arts.
Assistant Master Blackheath Proprietary School, 1868. Assistant Master Wellington College, 1868-1876. St. Andrews, 1899; His (or Her) Majesty Inspector of Schools since 1876; Divisional Inspector, and Inspector of Training Colleges, 1904.
Club: Royal Societies.