Frank Watson Dyson
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Frank Watson Dyson was a prominent British astronomer best known for his role in organizing the 1919 solar eclipse expeditions that provided one of the first major confirmations of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Watson Dyson canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British astronomer
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | observational tests of general relativity ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1868-01-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Measham, Leicestershire, England ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ |
| confirmedTheoryOf | Albert Einstein ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of radio time signals
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standardization of timekeeping in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1939-05-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bradford Grammar School
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ |
| endTime |
1910
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1933 ⓘ |
| familyName | Dyson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrometry
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astronomy ⓘ celestial mechanics ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
improvements to the time signal service
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organizing the 1919 solar eclipse expeditions ⓘ providing early observational confirmation of general relativity ⓘ work on timekeeping and longitude ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Astronomical Society
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Frank Watson Dyson self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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astronomer ⓘ |
| organized |
1919 solar eclipse expedition to Príncipe, West Africa
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1919 solar eclipse expedition to Sobral, Brazil ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Southsea
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surface form:
Southsea, Hampshire, England
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| positionHeld |
Astronomer Royal
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Astronomer Royal ⓘ
surface form:
Astronomer Royal for Scotland
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| residence |
Edinburgh
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surface form:
Edinburgh, Scotland
Greenwich ⓘ
surface form:
Greenwich, London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime |
1905
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1910 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Edinburgh
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Greenwich ⓘ
surface form:
Greenwich, London
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