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Arthur Eddington

Astronomy

Arthur Eddington was an English astronomer, physicist and mathematician who did his greatest work in astrophysics. He led the 1919 eclipse expedition that gave the first observational confirmation of Einstein's general relativity.

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1882 1
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Astronomy and astrophysics 1
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Source Arthur Stanley Eddington (Britannica)

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Astronomy, Disciplines
Source Arthur Stanley Eddington (Britannica)
Source Arthur Stanley Eddington (Britannica)
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