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Frank Watson Dyson

1868 - 1939

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Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, FRSE (8 January 1868 – 25 May 1939) was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals ("pips") from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Watson Dyson is the 371st most popular astronomer (up from 372nd in 2019), the 2,936th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,050th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Frank Watson Dyson ranks 371 out of 644. Before him are Seth Carlo Chandler, Lewis Boss, Jing Fang, Johann von Lamont, Benjamin Jekhowsky, and André Patry. After him are Kidinnu, David C. Jewitt, Shi Shen, Robert Herman, Dirk Brouwer, and Alenush Terian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Frank Watson Dyson ranks 138. Before him are Ozaki Kōyō, Filipp Makharadze, Mikhail Pokrovsky, Emil Racoviță, Émile Fisseux, and Sumner Paine. After him are Juventino Rosas, Meri Mangakāhia, Zhang Binglin, Patriarch Miron of Romania, René de Saussure, and Richard Teichmann. Among people deceased in 1939, Frank Watson Dyson ranks 99. Before him are Masabumi Hosono, Stanisław Leśniewski, Germán Busch, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Ivan Mosjoukine, and Ursula Ledóchowska. After him are Kolë Idromeno, Walery Sławek, Władysław Raginis, Patriarch Miron of Romania, August Enna, and Madeleine Pelletier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Watson Dyson ranks 2,937 out of 8,785. Before him are Bridget Riley (1931), Barry Jackson (1938), Henry of Scotland (1115), Ian Rankin (1960), Peter Atkins (1940), and Richard Bright (1789). After him are John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Max Horton (1883), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Lottie Dod (1871), Neil Young (1944), and John Barnard (1946).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Frank Watson Dyson ranks 47. Before him are John Machin (1680), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), James Challis (1803), James Glaisher (1809), Cyril Jackson (1903), and Johann von Lamont (1805). After him are David C. Jewitt (1958), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), John Pond (1767), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), and Mary Adela Blagg (1858).

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