Dyson, Frank Watson, 1868-1939
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Name (Latin)
Dyson, Frank Watson, 1868-1939
Other forms of name
Dyson, F. W. (Frank Watson), 1868-1939
Dyson, Frank, Sir, 1868-1939
Dyson, Frank Watson, Sir, 1868-1939
Date of birth
1868-01-08
Date of death
1939-05-25
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures ... June 30, 1919:p. 133 (Sir F.W. Dyson, F.R.S, astronomer royal)
- LCCN 06-730: Royal Greenwich Observatory. New reduction of Groombridge's circumpolar catalogue for the epoch 1810·0, 1905(hdg.: Dyson, Sir Frank Watson, 1868-1939; usage: Frank Watson Dyson)
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Wikipedia description:
Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, FRSE (8 January 1868 – 25 May 1939) was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal. He is remembered today largely for introducing the Greenwich time signal ("six pips") to BBC radio, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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