Eddington

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astrophysicist family name human mathematician physicist science writer scientific expedition surname

Eddington is a surname most famously associated with Arthur Stanley Eddington, the influential English astrophysicist who helped confirm Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

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Eddington canonical 3

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instanceOf astrophysicist ⓘ
family name ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
science writer ⓘ
scientific expedition ⓘ
surname ⓘ
awardReceived Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1882-12-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1944-11-22 ⓘ
employer Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: Royal Greenwich Observatory

Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Eddington self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
relativity theory ⓘ
stellar structure ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
hasNotableBearer Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
hasParticipant Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
knownFor Eddington 1919 solar eclipse expedition ⓘ
surface form: Eddington experiment

Eddington limit ⓘ
Eddington limit ⓘ
surface form: Eddington luminosity

Eddington number ⓘ
confirmation of general relativity ⓘ
popularization of relativity ⓘ
work on internal structure of stars ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
mainSubject gravitational deflection of light ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
notableWork Space, Time and Gravitation ⓘ
The Internal Constitution of the Stars ⓘ
The Mathematical Theory of Relativity ⓘ
The Nature of the Physical World ⓘ
participatedIn 1919 solar eclipse expedition ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kendal ⓘ
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge
positionHeld Director of the Cambridge Observatory ⓘ
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
surface form: Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy
religion Quakerism ⓘ
significantEvent first empirical confirmation of general relativity ⓘ
usedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

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Arthur Stanley Eddington → familyName → Eddington ⓘ
Eddington → familyName → Eddington self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Stanley Eddington
Nora Eddington → familyName → Eddington ⓘ