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Arthur Eddington

1882 - 1944

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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour. Around 1920, he foreshadowed the discovery and mechanism of nuclear fusion processes in stars, in his paper "The Internal Constitution of the Stars". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Eddington is the 48th most popular astronomer (down from 37th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 404th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Astronomer.

Arthur Eddington is most famous for his work on the theory of relativity and the bending of light.

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Among astronomers, Arthur Eddington ranks 48 out of 644. Before him are Johann Bayer, Clyde Tombaugh, Martin Ryle, Wilhelm Schickard, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, and Michel Mayor. After him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, John Michell, Jérôme Lalande, Adolphe Quetelet, Édouard Stephan, and William Alfred Fowler.

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Among people born in 1882, Arthur Eddington ranks 35. Before him are Princess Marie Bonaparte, Rodolfo Graziani, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Hans Geiger, Bela Lugosi, and William Halsey Jr.. After him are Princess Margaret of Connaught, René Coty, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Charles Ponzi, Robert H. Goddard, and Karol Szymanowski. Among people deceased in 1944, Arthur Eddington ranks 34. Before him are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Chūichi Nagumo, Aristide Maillol, and Henning von Tresckow. After him are Friedrich Olbricht, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Frank Marshall, Wang Jingwei, Erich Hoepner, and Antanas Smetona.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Eddington ranks 506 out of 8,785. Before him are Billy Wright (1924), Michael Houghton (1949), Anthony Burgess (1917), James Hilton (1900), Jackie Stewart (1939), and Richard Wright (1943). After him are Andrew Irvine (1902), Howard Staunton (1810), Beatrix Potter (1866), Robert Walpole (1676), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), and John Wesley (1703).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Eddington ranks 5. Before him are Edmond Halley (1656), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), William Lassell (1799), and Martin Ryle (1918). After him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), John Michell (1724), James Bradley (1693), John Flamsteed (1646), Fred Hoyle (1915), Antony Hewish (1924), and John Russell Hind (1823).

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