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Arthur Eddington

Author · born December 28, 1882 · died 1944

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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was an English astrophysicist and mathematician. 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.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~32Received the Fellow of the Royal Society1914
  2. ~42Received the Bruce Medal1924
  3. ~42Received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society1924
  4. ~46Received the Royal Medal1928
  5. ~48Named Knight Bachelor1930
  6. ~56Received the Order of Merit1938

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