Frank Watson Dyson
English astronomer and Astronomer Royal (1868-1939) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 71
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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1939Died25 May 19391925Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1922Bruce MedalAward1921Royal MedalAward1868Born8 January 1868
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Dyson, fourth from the left, rides in an automobile; possibly during the Fifth Conference of the International Union for Co-operation in Solar Research, held in Bonn, Germany, 1913.
Dyson at the Fourth Conference International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1910.![Eclipse photograph from 1919 expedition.[12]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/1919_eclipse_positive.jpg/330px-1919_eclipse_positive.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Eclipse photograph from 1919 expedition.[12]Awards
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Lived 1868 to 1939 · aged 71
