George Biddell Airy - Sir George Biddell Airy, KCB, FRS, Astronomer Royal, 1877. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Photo by Imagestate/AFLO)[0902].