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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, OM, FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was a British astronomer, physicist, and mathematician of the early 20th century who did his greatest work in astrophysics. He was also a philosopher of science and a popularizer of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.He is famous for his work regarding the theory of relativity.

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rdfs:comment	Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, OM, FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was a British astronomer, physicist, and mathematician of the early 20th century who did his greatest work in astrophysics. He was also a philosopher of science and a popularizer of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.He is famous for his work regarding the theory of relativity.
rdfs:seeAlso	dbpedia:Indeterminism
foaf:name	Eddington, Arthur Sir Arthur Eddington
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dc:description	EnglishAstrophysicist
academic advisor	Herman, Robert Alfred
alma mater	Victoria University of Manchester University of Cambridge
award	Royal Astronomical Society The President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge dbpedia:Knight_Bachelor dbpedia:Smith's_Prize dbpedia:Bruce_Medal dbpedia:Henry_Draper_Medal dbpedia:Order_of_Merit
birth date	1882-12-28(xsd:dateTime)
birth name	Arthur Stanley Eddington
birth place	Auld Grey Town dbpedia:Westmorland
birth year	1882-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1944-11-22(xsd:dateTime)
death place	Cambridge Cambridgeshire
death year	1944-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
doctoral student	Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan Bondi, Hermann Comrie, Leslie John
field	dbpedia:Astrophysics
influenced by	Schuster, Arthur Lamb, Horace dbpedia:John_William_Graham
known for	dbpedia:Dirac_large_numbers_hypothesis dbpedia:Eddington_luminosity dbpedia:Eddington_number dbpedia:Eddington–Finkelstein_coordinates
nationality	English people
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur_Stanley_Eddington.jpg?width=300
is doctoral advisor of	Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan Bondi, Hermann

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