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Born Arthur Stanley Eddington

28 December 1882


Kendal, Westmorland, England

Died 22 November 1944 (aged 61)


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Alma mater University of Manchester

Trinity College, Cambridge

Known for Arrow of time

Eddington approximation Eddington experiment Eddington's affine geometry Eddington limit Eddington number Eddington valve Eddington–Dirac number Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates Eddington stellar model Eddington–Sweet circulation

Awards Royal Society Royal Medal (1928)

Smith's Prize (1907) RAS Gold Medal (1924) Henry Draper Medal (1924) Bruce Medal (1924) Knight Bachelor (1930) Order of Merit (1938)

Scientific career
Fields Astrophysics
Institutions Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors
  • E. T. Whittaker
  • Alfred North Whitehead
  • Ernest William Barnes
  • Robert Alfred Herman
Doctoral students Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Leslie Comrie Hermann Bondi

Other notable students Georges Lemaître

Vibert Douglas


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