George William Hill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George William Hill

American astronomer and mathematician

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1838

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1914

Profession: astronomer, mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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".
Today, he is chiefly remembered for the Hill differential equation.