# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-watson-dyson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:39.408Z

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name: "Frank Watson Dyson"
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description: "Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, FRSE was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal. He is remembered today largely for introducing the Greenwich time signal to BBC radio, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity."
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deathDate: "1939-05-25"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump