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| Born | 8 January 1868 Measham, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 25 May 1939 (aged 71) At sea |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Astronomer Royal |
| Awards | Royal Medal (1921) |
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Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS,[1] FRSE (8 January 1868 – 25 May 1939) was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals ("pips") from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity.
- ^ Eddington, A. S. (1940). "Sir Frank Watson Dyson. 1868–1939". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (8): 159–172. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1940.0015. S2CID 161595112.