Scientists

Arthur Eddington

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General Reference

Science Atlas. "Arthur Eddington." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/arthur-eddington.

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Science Atlas. (n.d.). Arthur Eddington. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/arthur-eddington

BibTeX

@misc{scienceatlas-arthur-eddington,
  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {Arthur Eddington},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/arthur-eddington},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Birth Year

1882 1

Field

Astronomy and astrophysics 1

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